F-4D_497th_TFS_with_BOLT-117s_1971.jpg
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Summary
| Description | A U.S. Air Force McDonnell F-4D Phantom II from the 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, taxies at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force base in 1971. The aircraft is armed with two BOLT-117 (BOmb, Laser Terminal-117). The BOLT-117 was later redesignated as the GBU-1/B (Guided Bomb Unit) and was the world's first laser guided bomb. The aircraft and carries a AN/ALQ-72 jamming pod under the wings, and a strike camera in the forward left missile bay. |
| Date | 1971 |
| Source | U.S. Air Force photo from Dana Bell: Air War over Vietnam III . London, Arms&Armour Press 1983, p. 28. ISBN 0-85368-607-6 . Cited as USAF photo. |
| Author | USAF |
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