Keywords: US Navy 021004-N-9593M-025 Loading a GBU-16 onto an F-A-18C.jpg en At sea aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72 Oct 4 2002 -- An Aviation Ordnancemen assigned to the Stingers of Strike Fighter Squadron One One Three VFA-113 manually loads a 1000 pound Laser Guided Bomb Unit GBU-16 to an F/A-18C Hornet during a turnaround inspection The GBU-16 utilizes a 1000-pound general purpose warhead The operator illuminates a target with a laser designator and then the munition guides to a spot of laser energy reflected from the target The GBU-16 consists of a MK-83 1 000-pound bomb modified with a common Paveway II laser guidance kit Lincoln and her embarked Carrier Air Wing One Four CVW-14 are conducting combat missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Philip A McDaniel RELEASED 2002-10-04 021004-N-9593M-025 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 2898 U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Philip A McDaniel PD-USGov-Military-Navy Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 GBU-16 F/A-18C Hornet on flight decks October 2002 photographs Strike Fighter Squadron 113 United States Navy |