Al-Zarqawi raid question: Can F-16C self-designate LGBs?

i just read the NEWSWEEK depiction of the air raid that got al-zarqawi, and here are some details i would like to call attention to.

1. two F-16Cs got the orders to engage the safehouse

2. however one F-16C was tanking up, so only one aircraft carried out the raid

3. that one F-16C dropped one GBU-12 LGB and one JDAM on the safehouse, AND self-designated for the GBU as well, all by itself.

i’m just wondering if a single-pilot fighter jet can drop a GBU and self-designate its own bomb at the same time.

what i do know, is that conventional strike doctrine calls for at least a two-ship flight to engage a target with a LGB – one to drop the bomb, the other to laser-designate the target. this is practised by F-111s and F-117s.

an alternative option is for a single two-seat fighter-bomber, with a pilot and a WSO (ie. F-15E) to drop the LGB. the pilot drives the plane, while the WSO operates the laser designator in the LANTIRN pod with a little joystick and keeps the laser dot on the target until the LGB hits. this is not easy.

but what we have here, is an single-seat F-16C self-designating its own LGB. this means the lone pilot dropped the GBU-12, dropped the JDAM, operated the laser designator, and flew the plane all at the same time!

isn’t this too high a workload for a single pilot? or can single-seater jets actually self-designate for their own LGBs? or might it have been an F-16D or F-15E that did the raid, or did the other F-16C provide the laser designation?