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During Operation Desert Storm an F-4G Wild Weasel dodged 6 SAMs in few seconds. Heres how. - The Aviation Geek Club
2024-09-07 09:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
Share this articleI immediately selected AB, rolled the aircraft inverted, and pulled. All this while keeping the SA-2s on the beam. I was at 25,000 [feet] when I started for the deck and levelled at about 10,000, Jim Schreiner, former F-4G Wild Weasel pilot. The F-4G Wild Weasel was s dedicated SEAD variant for the US Air Force (USAF) with updated radar and avionics, converted from F-4E. The F-4G mission was to attack enemy air defenses, including surface-to-air missile (SAM) air defense radars. Carrying AGM-88A/B/C High Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM), the F-4G worked in concert with other F-4Gs or as a hunter aircraft directing fighter-bombers, such as the F-16, against SAM sites. The F-4G carried a pilot and an Electronic Warfare Officer (EWO), who navigated, assisted with communications and coordinated attacks on the SAM sites. The F-4G Wild Weasel first flew in 1975 and was retired in 1996. F-4Gs from George AFB and Spangdahlem AB were deployed to Sheikh Isa AB, Bahrain,fo...
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