Wild Weasel
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Wild Weasel is a code name given by the United States Air Force to any aircraft equipped with anti-radiation missiles and used to suppress enemy air defenses by destroying their radar and surface-to-a
An F-4G with WW payload; near to far: AGM-88 HARM, AGM-65 Maverick, AN/ALQ-119 ECM pod, AGM-78 Standard ARM and AGM-45 Shrike, circa 1981.
Wild Weasel patch. The letters at the bottom stand for "You gotta be shitting me."
An F-16CJ of the 20th Fighter Wing.
A F-35A of the 461st Flight Test Squadron over the Mojave Desert
Republic F-105 Thunderchief
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The Republic F-105 Thunderchief is an American fighter-bomber that served with the United States Air Force from 1958 to 1984. Capable of Mach 2, it conducted the majority of strike bombing missions du
Wild Weasel
…the first unsuccessful attempt to use the F-4C Phantom as a Wild Weasel platform. When that effort failed, the Wild Weasel role was then passed to the F-105F 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…
An F-105D Thunderchief flying with a full load of sixteen 750 lb (340 kg) bombs on its five hardpoints
Republic YF-105A, AF Ser. No. 54-0098, the first of two prototypes
The 17th Wild Weasel squadron with a F-105 flightline. The F-105 was also used for "Wild Weasel" anti-radar missions carrying AGMs.
A USAF F-105F trainer and a F-105D with Mount Fuji in the background