A general view of a GBU-12 Paveway laser-guided bomb and a General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone during a visit of French Defence Minister Florence Parly to the French Air Force pilot school at the BA 709 military air base of Cognac-Chateaubernard in Chateaubernard, France May 14, 2020. Mehdi Fedouach/Pool via REUTERS 

A general view of a GBU-12 Paveway laser-guided bomb and a General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone during a visit of French Defence Minister Florence Parly to the French Air Force pilot school at the BA 709 military air base of Cognac-Chateaubernard in Chateaubernard, France May 14, 2020. Mehdi Fedouach/Pool via REUTERS 

A soldier of the French Air Force inspects GBU-12 laser-guided bombs installed on a Rafale fighter jet, manufactured by Dassault Aviation, at Saint-Dizier Air Base as the French Air Force celebrates 20,000 days of uninterrupted nuclear warning and the completion of a new round of Strategic Air Force (SAF) modernization in Saint-Dizier, France, October 4, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier 

French Air Force soldiers install a GBU-12 laser-guided bomb on a Mirage 2000 fighter jet at the 721 Rochefort air base in Saint-Agnant, France, June 14, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau 

French Air Force soldiers install a GBU-12 laser-guided bomb on a Mirage 2000 fighter jet at the 721 Rochefort air base in Saint-Agnant, France, June 14, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau 

An Israeli boy, dressed as a Palestinian militant for the upcoming Jewish holiday of Purim, walks in the southern Israeli town of Sderot March 19, 2008. Purim is a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of Esther. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL) 

Britain's Prince Harry (C) sits in his Spartan armoured vehicle as as a laser guided bomb hits its target in the distance, in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, February 21, 2008. Prince Harry is being withdrawn from Afghanistan immediately, the Defence Ministry said on February 29, 2008, after news leaked on the Internet that he had been secretly fighting on the front lines for 10 weeks. Photograph taken February 21, 2008. REUTERS/John Stillwell/Pool (AFGHANISTAN) 

A destroyed target by Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter aircrafts is seen during the IAF fire power demonstration at Pokhran in the Indian desert state of Rajasthan December 8, 2007. IAF air warriors pounded and blasted away an array of assorted targets with impunity that included mock enemy radar sites, troops, ammunition dumps, convoys, petrol, oil and lubricant (POL) dumps with rockets, laser-guided bombs, missiles and front guns at the fire point demonstration held at the air-to-ground weapons firing range at Pokhran on Saturday. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur (INDIA) 

Indian Air Force (IAF) AN-32 medium-lift tactical transport aircraft releases rockets during the IAF fire power demonstration 2007 at Pokhran in the Indian desert state of Rajasthan December 8, 2007. IAF pounded and blasted an array of assorted targets with impunity that included mock enemy radar sites, troops, ammunition dumps, convoys, petrol, oil and lubricant (POL) dumps with rockets, laser-guided bombs, missiles and front guns at the fire point demonstration held at the air-to-ground weapons firing range at Pokhran on Saturday. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur (INDIA) 

Cows pass in front of a target destroyed by Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter aircrafts during the IAF fire power demonstration 2007 at Pokhran in the Indian desert state of Rajasthan December 8, 2007. IAF air warriors pounded and blasted an array of assorted targets with impunity that included mock enemy radar sites, troops, ammunition dumps, convoys, petrol, oil and lubricant (POL) dumps with rockets, laser-guided bombs, missiles and front guns at the fire point demonstration held at the air-to-ground weapons firing range at Pokhran on Saturday. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur (INDIA) 

A destroyed target by Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter aircrafts is seen during the IAF fire power demonstration 2007 at Pokhran in the Indian desert state of Rajasthan December 8, 2007. IAF air warriors pounded and blasted away an array of assorted targets with impunity that included mock enemy radar sites, troops, ammunition dumps, convoys, petrol, oil and lubricant (POL) dumps with rockets, laser-guided bombs, missiles and front guns at the fire point demonstration held at the air-to-ground weapons firing range at Pokhran on Saturday. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur (INDIA) 

A U.S. sailor assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Six (L) shows two members of the 49 FD Field Squadron (EOD), Royal Engineers from the United Kingdom, procedures to disarm a laser guided bomb on the flight deck of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) in the Gulf, south of Iraq, in this photo released on March 28, 2005. Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) is embarked aboard Truman and is providing close air support and conducting intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance over Baghdad and the rest of Iraq. REUTERS/United States Navy/Handout HH/MK 

Aviation ordinance personnel push 1000 pound laser guided bombs on the
flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk in the northern
Gulf April 11, 2003. The carrier and its strike group are conducting
missions in support of the operation over Iraq. REUTERS/Yves Herman

HRM/MA 

AN AVIATION ORDANANCEMAN PUSHES LASER GUIDED BOMBS ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT
CARRIER USS KITTY HAWK IN THE GULF. 

The sun sets behind an aviation ordnanceman as he makes final checks on
laser guided bombs mounted on an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet aboard the
USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier in the northern Gulf April 5, 2003. A
bomb hit central Baghdad on Saturday about 100 metres from the
Palestine Hotel where many journalists covering the war in Iraq are
staying and where Iraq's information ministry briefings have been held.
REUTERS/Paul Hanna

PH/JV 

F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet pilot Lt. Jason Naidyhorski checks a laser guided bomb on the wing of his jet prior to taking off from the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier for a bombing mission over Iraq April 4, 2003. An F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet from the Kitty Hawk's airwing went down over Iraq early April 3. 

A BRITISH ROYAL AIR FORCE HARRIER WEAPONS TECHNICIAN PUSHES A TROLLEY
OF MAVERICK LASER GUIDED MISSILES PAST A BOMB-TROLLEY OF CLUSTER BOMBS
IN KUWAIT. 

F/A-18 HORNET FIGHTER JET PILOT CHECKS A LASER GUIDED BOMB BEFORE
TAKING OFF FOR A MISSION OVER IRAQ FROM USS KITTY HAWK. 

An aviation ordnanceman passes carts of laser guided bombs as he pushes another cart towards awaiting fighter jets aboard the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier in the Gulf April 3, 2003. [An F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet] from the Kitty Hawk's airwing went down over Iraq early April 3. 

An aviation ordnanceman passes carts of laser guided bombs as he pushes
another cart towards awaiting fighter jets aboard the USS Kitty Hawk
aircraft carrier in the Gulf April 3, 2003. An F/A-18 Hornet fighter
jet from the Kitty Hawk's airwing went down over Iraq early April 3.
REUTERS/Paul Hanna REUTERS

PH/FMS 

AN AVIATION ORDNANCEMAN STANDS NEXT TO LASER GUIDED BOMBS ABOARD THE
USS KITTY HAWK AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN THE GULF. 

AN AVIATION ORDNANCEMAN STANDS NEXT TO LASER GUIDED BOMBS ABOARD THE
USS KITTY HAWK AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN THE GULF. 

A pair of F-14 Tomcat fighter jets from the Fighter Squadron 154 "Black
Knights" from the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier pull past an S-35
Viking after refueling during a bombing mission over Iraq March 28,
2003. The carriers airwing provided close air support to British and
American ground troops yesterday dropping sixteen 1,000 pound laser
guided bombs, four JSOW (Joint Standoff Attack Weapon) and three 1,000
pound unguided bombs and targeted Iraqi tanks and helicopters.
REUTERS/HO REUTERS

PH/JV 

An F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet prepares for a catapult takeoff on the
flight deck of the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier March 28, 2003. The
carriers airwing provided close air support to British and American
ground troops on Thursday dropping sixteen 1,000 pound laser guided
bombs, four JSOW (Joint Standoff Attack Weapon) and three 1,000 pound
unguided bombs and targeted Iraqi tanks and helicopters. REUTERS/Paul
Hanna

PH/JV 

A pair of F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets fly over the USS Kitty Hawk
aircraft carrier in the northern Gulf March 28, 2003. The carriers
airwing provided close air support to British and American ground
troops yesterday dropping sixteen 1,000 pound laser guided bombs, four
JSOW (Joint Standoff Attack Weapon) and three 1,000 pound unguided
bombs and targeted Iraqi tanks and helicopters. REUTERS/Paul Hanna

PH/JV 

F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet pilot Brad Converse (R) of Strike Fighter
Squadron 27 "Royal Maces" smiles while talking with an aviation
ordnanceman after returning to the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier from
a bombing mission over Iraq March 28, 2003. Converse dropped his bombs
during a close air support mission over Iraq. REUTERS/Paul Hanna
REUTERS

PH/JV 

F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet pilot Brad Converse (R) of Strike Fighter
Squadron 27 "Royal Maces" walks past his jet after returning to the USS
Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier from a bombing mission over Iraq March 28,
2003. The carriers airwing provided close air support to British and
American ground troops yesterday dropping sixteen 1,000 pound laser
guided bombs, four JSOW (Joint Standoff Attack Weapon) and three 1,000
pound unguided bombs and targeted Iraqi tanks and helicopters.
REUTERS/Paul Hanna

PH/JV 

Aviation ordnancemen stand between rows of 500 and 1000 pound laser
guided bombs in the "bomb farm" prior to loading them onto fighter jets
aboard the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier March 28, 2003. The carriers
airwing provided close air support to British and American ground
troops yesterday dropping sixteen 1,000 pound laser guided bombs, four
JSOW (Joint Standoff Attack Weapon) and three 1,000 pound unguided
bombs and targeted Iraqi tanks and helicopters. REUTERS/Paul Hanna

PH/JV 

Crew members cast shadows across the flight deck of the USS Kitty Hawk
aircraft carrier in the northern Gulf March 28, 2003. The carriers
airwing provided close air support to British and American ground
troops yesterday dropping sixteen 1,000 pound laser guided bombs, four
JSOW (Joint Standoff Attack Weapon) and three 1,000 pound unguided
bombs and targeted Iraqi tanks and helicopters. REUTERS/Paul Hanna

PH/WS 

Aviation ordnanceman get ready to mount a JSOW (Joint Standoff Attack
Weapon) onto an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet aboard the USS Kitty Hawk
aircraft carrier in the northern Gulf March 28, 2003. The carriers'
airwing provided close air support to British and American ground
troops yesterday dropping sixteen 1,000 pound laser guided bombs, four
JSOW (Joint Standoff Attack Weapon) and three 1,000 pound unguided
bombs and targeted Iraqi tanks and helicopters. REUTERS/Paul Hanna

PH/WS 

An aviation ordnanceman pulls a cart with a laser guided bomb prior to
mounting it onto an F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet aboard the USS Kitty Hawk
aircraft carrier in the northern Gulf March 28, 2003. The carriers'
airwing provided close air support to British and American ground
troops yesterday dropping sixteen 1,000 pound laser guided bombs, four
JSOW (Joint Standoff Attack Weapon) and three 1,000 pound unguided
bombs and targeted Iraqi tanks and helicopters. REUTERS/Paul Hanna

PH/WS 

Ordnancemen wheel 500 lbs laser-guided GBU bombs to be loaded on an
F/A-18C Hornet on board the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) aircraft
carrier in the Gulf, March 28, 2003. Warplanes from the Lincoln and two
other aircraft carriers in the Gulf have been flying round-the-clock
strike missions and close air support to back up ground forces in Iraq.
REUTERS/John Schults 

Aviation ordnancemen stand between rows of 500 and 1000 pound laser guided
bombs in the "bomb farm" prior to loading them onto fighter jets aboard the
USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier March 28, 2003. The carriers airwing
provided close air support to British and American ground troops yesterday
dropping sixteen 1,000 pound laser guided bombs, four JSOW (Joint Standoff
Attack Weapon) and three 1,000 pound unguided bombs and targeted Iraqi tanks
and helicopters. REUTERS/Paul Hanna PP03030071

PH/CRB 

F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet pilot Brad Converse of Strike Fighter
Squadron 27 "Royal Maces" smiles while talking with an aviation
ordnanceman after returning to the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier from
a bombing mission over Iraq March 28, 2003. Converse dropped his bombs
during a close air support mission over Iraq. REUTERS/Paul Hanna

PH 

An F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet prepares for a catapult takeoff on the
flight deck of the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier March 28, 2003. The
carriers airwing provided close air support to British and American
ground troops yesterday dropping sixteen 1,000 pound laser guided
bombs, four JSOW (Joint Standoff Attack Weapon) and three 1,000 pound
unguided bombs and targeted Iraqi tanks and helicopters. REUTERS/Paul
Hanna

PH 

F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet pilot Brad Converse of Strike Fighter
Squadron 27 "Royal Maces" walks past his jet after returning to the USS
Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier from a bombing mission over Iraq March 28,
2003. The carriers airwing provided close air support to British and
American ground troops yesterday dropping sixteen 1,000 pound laser
guided bombs, four JSOW (Joint Standoff Attack Weapon) and three 1,000
pound unguided bombs and targeted Iraqi tanks and helicopters.
REUTERS/Paul Hanna

PH 

Two F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets from Strike Fighter Squadron 27 "Royal
Maces" from the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier fly past an S-3B Viking
carrying laser guided and gps guided bombs following a refueling
operation over the Euphrates Valley in Iraq March 27, 2003. (EDITORIAL
USE ONLY) REUTERS/HO

PH/GB 

Paveway laser guided bombs are loaded on a British Royal Air Force
Harrier GR7 by armourer technician Cpl Paul Tasker (L) and Junior
Technician Andy King on their base in Kuwait March 24, 2003. The
British military said on Monday that one of its soldiers had been
killed in action near Zubayr, between the southern Iraqi city of Basra
and the Kuwaiti border. REUTERS/Russell Boyce/POOL

RUS/AA 

A BRITISH ROYAL AIR FORCE HARRIER GR7 IS CHECKED AS PAVEWAY LASER
GUIDED BOMBS ARE LOADED ONTO THE AIRCRAFT ON THEIR BASE IN KUWAIT. 

Aviation ordinanceman Ernest Hampton works near a stack of 500 pound bombs which can be configured to be guided by laser or global positioning system aboard the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier in the northern Gulf March 23, 2003. [Sunday was the "toughest day of resistance" so far encountered by U.S.-led forces in four days
of war against Iraq, U.S. Army General John Abizaid said on Sunday.] 

An F/A-18 Hornet jet from Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-27 "Royal Maces"
loaded with three 500 pound laser guided bombs is catapulted from the
flight deck of the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier on its way to a
mision over Iraq March 23, 2003. Sunday was the "toughest day of
resistance" so far encountered by U.S.-led forces in four days of war
against Iraq, U.S. Army General John Abizaid said on Sunday.
REUTERS/Paul Hanna

PH/WS 

Aviation ordinanceman Ernest Hampton works near a stack of 500 pound
bombs which can be configured to be guided by laser or global
positioning system aboard the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier in the
northern Gulf March 23, 2003.Sunday was the "toughest day of
resistance" so far encountered by U.S.-led forces in four days

of war against Iraq, U.S. Army General John Abizaid said on Sunday. 

AN F/A-18 HORNET PILOT CHECKS HIS LASER GUIDED BOMBS THE FLIGHT DECK ON
THE USS KITTY HAWK AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN THE NORTHERN GULF. 

AN F/A-18 HORNET PILOT CHECKS HIS LASER GUIDED BOMBS THE FLIGHT DECK ON
THE USS KITTY HAWK AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN THE NORTHERN GULF. 

AN F/A-18 HORNET PILOT CHECKS HIS LASER GUIDED BOMBS THE FLIGHT DECK ON
THE USS KITTY HAWK AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN THE NORTHERN GULF. 

AN F/A-18 HORNET PILOT CHECKS HIS LASER GUIDED BOMBS THE FLIGHT DECK ON
THE USS KITTY HAWK AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN THE NORTHERN GULF. 

An aviation ordinanceman checks his list near rows of 500 pound, 1000 pound and 2000 pound laser guided bombs in the hangar bay before they are loaded onto jets on the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier in the northern Gulf March 21, 2003. Fighter squadrons with F-14 Tomcats and F/A-18Hornets launched some 90 sorties from the Kitty Hawk yesterday which included missions supporting U.S. ground troops advancing into Iraq. 

U.S. PILOT ON EXCHANGE WITH THE BRITISH ROYAL AIR FORCE INSPECTS A
PAVEWAY LASER GUIDED BOMB ON HIS HARRIER GR7 IN KUWAIT. 

A British Royal Air Force ground crewman inspects empty bomb pylons
after Squadron Leader Dave Bradshaw dropped two paveway II precision
laser guided bombs during his mission over Iraq March 21, 2003. U.S.
and British forces invaded Iraq overnight, crossing the desert border
from Kuwait under cover of an intense artillery barrage, as a second
air raid pounded targets in Baghdad. REUTERS/Russell Boyce

RUS 

A British Royal Air Force Harrier GR7 piloted by Squadron Leader David
Bradshaw returns with two empty bomb pylons after he dropped two
paveway II precision laser guided bombs during his mission over Iraq
March 21, 2003. U.S. and British forces invaded Iraq overnight,
crossing the desert border from Kuwait under cover of an intense
artillery barrage, as a second air raid pounded targets in Baghdad.
REUTERS/Russell Boyce

RUS 

A laser guided 500 lb bomb is attached to an F/A-18C Hornet aboard the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the North Arabian Sea on October 15, 2002. Ships from the Lincoln Battle Group are in the region to support Operation Enduring Freedom. 

A laser guided 500 lb bomb attached to an F/A-18C Hornet aboard the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the North Arabian Sea on October 15, 2002. Ships from the Lincoln Battle Group are in the region to support Operation Enduring Freedom. 

A laser guided 500 lb bomb attached to an F/A-18C Hornet aboard the US
Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the North Arabian
Sea on October 15, 2002. Ships from the Lincoln Battle Group are in the
region to support Operation Enduring Freedom. REUTERS/Chip East

CME 

A laser guided 500 lb bomb is attached to an F/A-18C Hornet aboard the
US Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the North
Arabian Sea on October 15, 2002. Ships from the Lincoln Battle Group
are in the region to support Operation Enduring Freedom. REUTERS/Chip
East

CME/ME 

An Iraqi woman stands before a sign that reads "Let Iraq Live" placed
under a big crater in the ceiling of Amiriya Shelter in Baghdad,
September 26, 2002. The crater was caused by two laser-guided American
bombs that hit the shelter during the U.S.-led 1991 Gulf War. The
shelter was bombed by U.S-led Gulf war in 1990. Iraq said on Thursday
U.S. warplanes had raided Basra civilian airport and damaged its radar
system, in the latest attack by Western jets enforcing no-fly zones
over Iraq. REUTERS/ Faleh Kheiber REUTERS

FK 

A French Air force pilot examines the laser guided bomb carried by his
Mirage fighter jet on the air base at Cazaux, southwestern France,
before the start of a military air display on September 19, 2002.
REUTERS/Regis Duvignau

RD/JES/AH 

Iraqis visit the Amiriya shelter, decorated with banners left by international peace groups, in central Baghdad September 12, 2002. [Iraqi authorities have preserved the interior of the shelter, serving as museum now, 12 years after two laser-guided bombs killed nearly 400 civilians inside the shelter during the Gulf war. Iraq warned on Thursday the United States it was ready to repel any invasion with every weapon at its disposal, even kitchen knives, sticks and stones.] 

Iraqis visit the Amiriya shelter, decorated with banners left by
international peace groups, in central Baghdad September 12, 2002.
Iraqi authorities have preserved the interior of the shelter, serving
as museum now, 12 years after two laser-guided bombs killed nearly 400
civilians inside the shelter during the Gulf war. Iraq warned on
Thursday the United States it was ready to repel any invasion with
every weapon at its disposal, even kithcen knives, sticks and stones.
REUTERS/Damir Sagolj REUTERS

DS 

Iraqis walk past photos of people killed twelve years ago in the
Amiriya shelter in central Baghdad September 12, 2002. Iraqi
authorities have preserved the interior of the shelter, serving as
museum now, 12 years after two laser-guided bombs killed nearly 400
civilians inside the shelter during the Gulf war. Iraq warned the
United States on Thursday it was ready to repel any invasion with every
weapon at its disposal, even kitchen knives, sticks and stones.
REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

DS