Direct proof of use
The GBU-16 Paveway II is documented in the 2014 Yemen Civil War through munition-remnant analysis from Saudi/UAE-led coalition airstrikes. Mwatana for Human Rights, the University Network for Human Rights, and PAX reported that recovered fragments indicated likely use of GBU-16 Paveway II laser-guided bombs with Mk 83 warheads in several coalition strikes in Hudaydah governorate.
Open Source Munitions Portal entries independently index Yemen remnants from Al-Honood and Dir Al Hajari as air-delivered bombs in the GBU-16 Paveway II series, with Mk 83-series and Paveway-kit classifications. The OSMP records list Mwatana as the source and date the documented remnants to September and October 2016.
Sources: Day of Judgment, OSMP GBU-16 Paveway II Series, OSMP 1543, OSMP 1550, OSMP 1551
Timeline
Documented GBU-16-linked incidents cluster in 2015 and 2016. The report identifies likely GBU-16 remnants at Sheikh Ahmed Al-Faza Primary School after strikes dated May 26 and October 9, 2015, at Al-Kahlani Factory after a December 31, 2015 strike, at Al-Honood after a September 21, 2016 strike, and at Dir Al Hajari after an October 8, 2016 strike.
Sources: Day of Judgment, OSMP 1543, OSMP 1550, OSMP 1551
Narrative
The documented user was the Saudi/UAE-led coalition operating airstrikes in Yemen. The evidence does not identify a specific aircraft or national air force for each strike; it ties the munition to coalition air operations through local investigations and remnant analysis.
The GBU-16 cases in the cited report were part of a wider pattern of coalition airstrikes investigated for weapons remnants. The report states that remnants indicating likely U.S.-made weapons appeared in twenty-five of twenty-seven documented coalition attacks, while its GBU-16 findings rely on markings and components associated with Mk 83-class bomb bodies and Paveway guidance hardware.
OSMP's entries preserve the same incident-level context in a munition-identification format: date, location, source organization, munition category, tentative model, guidance, domain, and weight class. For Dir Al Hajari, OSMP separates a guidance-kit remnant and a related suspension-lug remnant, both indexed under the GBU-16 Paveway II series and Mk 83-series air-delivered bomb context.
Sources: Day of Judgment, OSMP GBU-16 Paveway II Series, OSMP 1543, OSMP 1550, OSMP 1551
