« Reply #199 on: December 01, 2012, 09:38:45 PM »
Wild Weasel is actually a mission description rather than a plane. True both E and G model Phantoms flew WW missions, but
the E model carried the nose mounted 20mm and the G carried a radar receiver in place of the gun and alot more SAM warning
antenna. Sorry to be anal, but my job in the air force was limited to E and G model Phantoms.
Not sure what they call the F-16s that fly SEAD <Suppression of Enemy Air Defences>, but I bet they are called Weasels too.
Kind of like why Hollywood picks handles like Maverick and Iceman instead of Stinkbutt or Petunia 
Right, & before F-4E/G they were using F-105 Thuds. I was a rigger, so climbing in the aircraft was rare unless something came loose from the ejection seat pack before take-off. Lots of drag chutes...we called them wild weasels because that was there job, regardless of designation. We didn't call the weasels Phantoms or vice versa. Even in Desert Storm the 4G's were called weasels....
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