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Actually, the follow-on to the F-100 Wild Weasel was the F-105F with some modifications. The F-105F (originally a trainer) Wild Weasel was subsequently heavily modified into the -G model which came later.

Contents 1 External Link Removal 2 Big upgrade to page 3 Mission Tactics 4 Wild Weasels in media? 5 WW tail code 6 The actual number of F-4E Airframes converted to F-4G Standard is higher than stated in the article 7 Globalize?

[edit] External Link Removal

Rebelguys2 - you deleted the link to the only period technical analysis of the F-4G Weasel now available on the web. In fact I think it is the only analysis of its kind altogether.

The party who put the link up complained to me about this.

I understand that you labelled my very fine work on this topic as spam, which candidly, I find rather offensive. Are you a former Weasel EWO?

Having read the WP guidelines on what constitutes appropriate material, the link qualifies.

I would like you to reinstate the link ASAP.

Regards

C —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ckopp (talk • contribs) 13:49, 15 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Big upgrade to page

In responce to a request at Wikiproject Aircraft. Guapovia 08:53, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

The "mission tactics" portion is full of "conventional wisdom," much of it incomplete and inaccurate, and to my thinking unacceptable in quality. It requires a major overhaul, with sources.--Buckboard 08:54, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mission Tactics

From the article: "... Failure to visually see them coming at three times fighter cruise speed results in mission failure."

Is this a "mission failure" because the crews could not identify the location of the SAM launch site, or a "mission failure" because the crew is now dead?

Most likely due to the crew being dead due to not seeing (and thus, not avoiding) the incoming missile. It is a bit unclear, so I'll change the wording. --Raguleader 04:40, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wild Weasels in media?

Does anybody think this section would be worth adding? The only example I can think of off the top of my head would be Flight of the Intruder. --Raguleader 04:52, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WW tail code

The statement that Wild Weasel aircraft can be identified by the WW tail code is true but misleading. WW is the tail code for the 35th Fighter Wing based at Misawa AB, Japan; currently flying the F-16CJ. Other units flying the F-16CJ in the Wild Weasel/SEAD role include the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw AFB, SC (tail code SW), the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem AB, Germany (SP), the 366th Fighter Wing at Mountain Home AFB, ID (MO), and the 27th Fighter Wing at Cannon AFB, NM (CC)... just to name a few.

Was that always the case? All Vietnam-era Thuds and all F-4Gs I've ever seen had the WW tail code. Was this because they all belonged to the 35th FW? - Emt147 ^Burninate! 15:47, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Taken care of. The 35th became a dedicated WW wing after Vietnam War, but it was not the sole SEAD unit. (The F-105Gs had a variety of tail codes just in 1972 alone. The 388th's 17th WWS used JB [a re-coding from ZB of the 6010th Wild Weasel Squadron, which had previously been part of the 12TFS, 18th TFW at Kadena--"J" being the base code for the 388th, Z for the 18th]. The 561st TFS of the 23rd TFW at McConnell AFB sent a Weasel detachment to Korat in April 1972 where they changed their tail codes from MD to WW--but the 17th did not change. During Linebacker and Linebacker II the Weasels carried the tail markings of both. The F-4C Weasel 4's were also at Korat in the fall of 72, and their tail code was ZG.) The WW became the standard markings for the 37th TFW's F-105Gs after the war when the 561st was attached to it at George AFB as the Wild Weasel training school. When it was inactivated to resurface in a few years as the F-117 wing) the codes were inherited by its operational sister wing, the 35th (which had been using GA) and later to the F-4Gs that replaced the Thuds. In addition to the 52nd TFW, the 90th TFS of the 3rd TFW at Clark AFB was the WW unit for PACAF after the 67th went to F-15s and bore the tail code PN.--Buckboard 07:51, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The actual number of F-4E Airframes converted to F-4G Standard is higher than stated in the article

I am trying to find an article which stated that there were in fact 134 F-4G Wild Weasels in total, not 116. 18 extra F-4E's were converted due to attrition. Does anyone know this? NiceDoggie 12:22, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Globalize?

Before I tag this article with globalize template, were there any similar planes used by non-US armies? British, French, Russian... --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 10:12, 27 May 2008 (UTC)