Wireless bridge design for 3 buildings

Hey all, I need some assistance picking hardware for the following:
Site A is the main office. Site B is about 500 yards away, direct line of sight, and will only connect to Site A. Site C is about 100 yards away, direct line of sight, and will only connect to Site A. All buildings are single story, and I have full access to rooftops to mount anything.
I was thinking (3) Aironet 1300's, but I've only ever deployed access points for end users, not for point to point bridging.
Which antenna's do I want to use? Two antennas at Site A, or is there a multipoint antenna that I can use? Any issue with placing the AP's inside the buildings and running cable out to the antennas? Aironet 1300's support this type of config?
Thanks!

So I want:
(3) AIR-BR1310G-A-K9-R - Cisco Aironet 1300 Series Outdoor Access Point or Bridge with RP-TNC type connector.
(3) AIR-ACCRMK1300= - Roof Mount Kit.
(1) AIR-ANT2506 - Cisco Aironet 2.4-GHz, 5.2-dBi omnidirectional mast-mount antenna.
(2) AIR-ANT2410Y-R - Cisco Aironet 2.4-GHz , 10-dBi Yagi antenna.
And just to clarify, the connections look like this:
Wall Power -> Power Module -> Power Injector -> Dual Coax to Ground Block -> Dual Coax to AP -> AP to antenna.
AP mounts directly on mast with antenna?
Looks like the roof mount kit includes everything I would need, as long as the power injector is within 50 feet of the ground block, and the ground block is within 20 feet of the AP.
Does this all sound correct?
I appreciate the help!

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