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The F-4E, the most advanced Phantom variant with extensive ground-attack capabilities and an internal gun, became the basis for the F-4G Wild Weasel V (also known as the Advanced Wild Weasel). This modification consisted of removing the gun and replacing it with the APR-38(t) Radar Homing and Warning
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were outfitted that could seek out radar emplacements. The F-105F Wild Weasel airframes were eventually modified with improved countermeasures components in a standardized configuration and designated the F-105G. The F-105G was also designated Wild Weasel III; 61 F-105F units were upgraded to F-105G
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Vietnam War tactics of using "Hunter-Killer" teams, where an F-4G Wild Weasel would be teamed with one or more conventional F-4E Phantoms, were improved upon with the newer equipment. The Wild Weasel would destroy missile radar emitters, clearing the way for the F-4E's to destroy the rest of the
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is slated to gradually replace these aircraft for various air-to-ground roles, including SEAD, beginning with its introduction in 2016. Its stealth capabilities promise a significant increase in effectiveness against air-defence radars, though to maintain its lowest radar signature, its payload
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Initially known by the operational code "Iron Hand" when first authorized on 12 August 1965, the term "Wild Weasel" derives from Project Wild Weasel, the USAF development program for a dedicated SAM-detection and suppression aircraft. The technique was also called an "Iron Hand" mission, though
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which left the aircraft's instruments not displaying the correct altitude information and a significant frame tweak from the damage made the plane hard to control. After an investigation into the loss of the aircraft which occurred during several aborted landing attempts in a sandstorm, it was
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attack. With multiple incoming missiles in visual sight it was possible to dive abruptly or sharply break to avoid them. Failure to see the missiles approaching at three times fighter cruise speed would result in the destruction of the aircraft and failure of the mission.
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in 1991, successfully protecting strike packages from enemy air defenses. During this conflict the F-4G saw heavy use, with only a single loss: an aircraft from Spangdahlem AB crashed in Saudi Arabia while returning from a mission, after one of the AGM-88 HARM
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Receiver (later upgraded to the APR-47), and a cockpit upgrade for the back seat to manage the electronic combat environment. A total of 134 F-4G models were converted from F-4Es with the first one flying in 1975. Squadron service began in 1978.
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A change in aircraft design theory to stress versatile multi-role aircraft meant that the F-4G Phantom was the last aircraft in the USAF inventory specifically outfitted for the SEAD role. The Wild Weasel mission is now assigned to the
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This was the natural response of an educated man, a veteran EWO on B-52s and the like, upon learning that he was to fly back seat to a self-absorbed fighter pilot while acting as flypaper for enemy SAMs.
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determined that a fuel cell was punctured by anti-aircraft fire. The pilot and EWO safely ejected after the engines shut down when the aircraft ran out of fuel attempting to land at a forward airstrip.
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capacity would be limited to the internal weapons bays, reducing the number of missile site attacks per sortie. However, it can carry more or larger air to ground weapons internally than even the
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since its purpose was to provide a decoy target, protecting the strike flights, and encouraging SAM launches that generated enough bright smoke to make possible seeing the SAM site for immediate
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in the summer of 1966. The F-105F was converted for the role and was designated Wild Weasel III. The F-105F was equipped with more advanced radar, jamming equipment, and a heavier armament.
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and Block 52, with production beginning in 1991. The single-seat Block 50/52 F-16C is specifically tasked with this mission and aircraft modified for this mission are designated
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The F-105 was no longer in production by 1964. With severe combat attrition of the F-105 inventory, the need for a more sophisticated aircraft resulted in the conversion of 36
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and is more advanced in a ground attack capacity, potentially making it the best crewed aircraft for destroying sophisticated enemy air defenses. Additionally, the
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specifications. Although in some documentation the F-105F was referred to as an EF-105F, that designation never existed in the operational flying squadrons.
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In one of the Wild Weasel concept's most famous uses in military operations, five F-105Gs, using the call-signs "Firebird 01–05", provided support for the
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missile, though they were mainly used in the interdiction/CAS role. The RAF retired the ALARM missile in 2013 and retired the Tornado in 2019.
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helicopters that also participated in the raid. None of the aircraft of the raiding force protected by Wild Weasels was lost to enemy action.
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In 1966 over North Vietnam, Wild Weasel flights of four aircraft sometimes were led by a single F-105F/G two-seat aircraft (aided by its
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technically this term referred only to the suppression attack before the main strike. Originally named "Project Ferret", denoting a
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Vietnam Air Losses, United States Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps Fixed-Wing Aircraft Losses in Southeast Asia 1961–1973
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The Wild Weasel concept was originally proposed in 1965 as a method of countering the increasing North Vietnamese
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aircraft, designated F-4C Wild Weasel IV. The F-4C Wild Weasel IV also bore the unofficial designation of EF-4C.
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systems), leaving the threat area last, which sometimes would result in 3.5-hour missions, before returning to
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The Wild Weasel mission was to precede strike flights, clearing the target area of radar guided
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as a Wild Weasel platform. When that effort failed, the Wild Weasel role was then passed to the
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The F-16C is the only aircraft in the Air Force current inventory to use the AGM-88.
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Wild Weasel patch. The letters at the bottom stand for "You gotta be shitting me."
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The term has a similar meaning to "you can't be serious" and is an expression of
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site while other Weasels would then sneak up behind the site and destroy it.
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This article is about an air combat mission. For the G.I. Joe character, see
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The Wild Weasel II version was the first unsuccessful attempt to use the
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The Wild Weasel concept was developed by the USAF in 1965 during the
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SAMs and their downing of American strike aircraft participating in
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threat, using volunteer crews flying the two-seat F model of the
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F-4Gs were deployed to three active wings. One was stationed at
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Beyond the Wild Blue, A History of the U.S. Air Force 1947–1997
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used the GR4 variant to conduct similar missions utilising the
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is dedicated to SEAD missions and is currently operated by the
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F-105 Wild Weasel vs SA-2 "Guideline" SAM, Vietnam 1965–73
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A tactic used during Operation Desert Storm was known as
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In Their Own Words #8: Eleven Stories For Veterans Day
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Planting the seeds of SEAD: The Wild Weasel in Vietnam
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to perform a true SEAD mission and does not carry the
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Rockets and missiles: the life story of a technology
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Index

Wild Weasel (G.I. Joe)

F-4G
AGM-88 HARM
AGM-65 Maverick
ECM
AGM-78 Standard ARM
AGM-45 Shrike

code name
United States Air Force
anti-radiation missiles
suppression of enemy air defenses
surface-to-air missile
air defense systems
Vietnam War
Soviet
Operation Rolling Thunder
North Vietnam
Yen Bai
Hanoi
air supremacy
predatory animal
SAM
F-100 Super Sabre
United States Navy
A-4 Skyhawk
354th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Takhli Royal Thai Air Base
prisoners of war

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