Reaper drops bomb on anti-Iraqi forces
An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft prepares to taxi out of a hangar Aug. 8 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. A Reaper employed a 500-pound GBU-12 laser-guided bomb against anti-Iraqi forces Aug. 16, marking the Reaper's first weapons engagement since it began flying combat sorties over Iraq July 18. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson)