Suppression of enemy air defenses, also known in the United States as "Wild Weasel" and "Iron Hand" operations, are military actions to suppress enemy surface-based air defenses, including surface-to-
A US Navy EA-18G Growler, loaded with AGM-88 HARM anti-radiation missiles
An F-105G Thunderchief 'Wild Weasel' carrying AGM-45 and AGM-78 missiles taking off from Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base.
An A-7E from the USS America is armed with AGM-45 Shrike ARMs, in preparation of Operation El Dorado Canyon
The F-4G Wild Weasel played a major role during the war.
Operation Mole Cricket 19
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Operation Mole Cricket 19 was a suppression of enemy air defenses campaign launched by the Israeli Air Force against Syrian targets on June 9, 1982, at the outset of the 1982 Lebanon War. The operatio
Part of a Syrian SA-6 site built near the Beirut-Damascus highway, and overlooking the Beqaa Valley, in early 1982.
David Ivry.
Ariel Sharon.
IAF Grumman E-2C Hawkeye in the Israeli Air Force Museum in Hatzerim Airbase.