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What is a Wild Weasel?
766 posted on 03/08/2022 6:32:38 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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interesting stuff. Thanks!

https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/197491/the-pioneers-wild-weasel-and-the-f-100f/

https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/197447/f-105f-thud-wild-weasels-and-rolling-thunder/

...”Success, however, came at a high price for the Wild Weasels. Of the eight crews (16 airmen) who initially flew out of Takhli, four had been killed, two were POWs and two had been wounded in action. Only four of these airmen finished their 100 mission tours.”


778 posted on 03/08/2022 6:48:19 PM PST by bitt ( <img src=' 'width=50%>)
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