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To: Mark17

EF-111A was an EW and ‘air defense suppression’ aircraft. Wild weasel by any other name...


25 posted on 01/22/2015 7:16:19 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr; yarddog
EF-111A was an EW and ‘air defense suppression’ aircraft. Wild weasel by any other name...

Yes, they were brimming with electronic suppression. When I was at Lakenheath, those FB-111 pilots spoke lovingly of their airplanes. They gave me a sticker, with a picture of a FB-111, with a mushroom cloud behind it, and it said "Warsaw Pact central heating" How non PC is that? It was FBs that attacked Libya (among others, maybe) and one failed to return. When I was at Travis, they had a missing man formation ceremony for that. I cleared them for takeoff. It was awesome.

33 posted on 01/22/2015 7:57:19 PM PST by Mark17 (Fear not little flock, from the cross to the throne, from death into light he went for His own)
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