Originally Posted by
UAL T38 Phlyer
... During Desert Storm, only the F-15E could carry a laser-designator as a strap-on store. The F-111F and F-117 had them built-in. Later, that bolt-on capability was wired in to F-16s (I think just Block 40s; not sure about 50s)....
Not exactly. LANTIRN TGP (targeting pods) were in relatively short supply, brass made the decision to pull them from the F-16 Block 40 squadrons and give them to all the F-15E's.
fiveninerzero is correct re: post-CCIP Block 40's and Block 50's - they're essentially the same jet now.