+Dagger Posted January 11, 2004 Posted January 11, 2004 just saw they started them in vietnam using F-100s but they lost so many that they switched to the F-105...the crews got to pair up and after they did they had a mock wedding,the vows were basically"100 missions or till death do us part" they even showed the move they used to defeat the sams...fly stright at them...let the missile track them and then dive...as they closed the THUD would pull up with full burners...sam couldn't match this move,so then turn and shoot radar. Quote
+Spectre_USA Posted January 12, 2004 Posted January 12, 2004 Weasel's? Oh yeah. Nerves and other important portions of the anatomy... :D Quote
CowboyTodd41 Posted January 12, 2004 Posted January 12, 2004 Would that be the "Cojones de Bronce"? Quote
+Spectre_USA Posted January 12, 2004 Posted January 12, 2004 That would, indeed, bethe Spanish translation... ;) Quote
Weasel Keeper Posted January 12, 2004 Posted January 12, 2004 After alarming amounts of F-4C losses to SAMs in Viet Nam, the top secret Wild Weasel mission was designed. Originally, the F-100Fs would fly staggered...the lead pilot would have to attract a SAM, and the trailing guy would go in and destroy the site after the launch. This is what lead to all but a few F-100s being shot down, and the need for the F-105F and later the F-105G (updated threat detection). When originally told the nature of the top secret missions, a Weasel EWO said, and took this as their motto... You Gotta Be Sh'ttin Me! http://wildweasels.org/ I'm member #2485. :) (Crew Chief, not Aircrew) http://www.wildweasel.net/Takhli/takhli_rtafb.htm Site with true accounts and pictures of Wild Weasels during Viet Nam by Robert W King, a Wild Weasel "Bear" (F-105 EWO). http://mysite.verizon.net/t.gummo/id1.html Tom Gummo's site. He was an F-4G pilot...and I think he was one of the guys in that piece done on Mail Call. Quote
BERNARD1943 Posted January 13, 2004 Posted January 13, 2004 Yes, much interesting TY (I think I'm going to buy one these books)......seems same thing infantrymen are doing ..... the second aircraft was getting the target by actually seeing the launch and thus identify the target?? I am understanding correctly or I am dead wrong? Do you know approximately what was the distance between the two AC, their altitude , the ordinance used and the target (radar or whole site)? How many F100 were attacking? Quote
Weasel Keeper Posted January 15, 2004 Posted January 15, 2004 Oops, sorry Bernard for not getting back sooner. I sent an email out to the Weasel Net (for the Society of Wild Weasels) to get better answers for your questions. I'll post their replies here when they come. :) Quote
BERNARD1943 Posted January 15, 2004 Posted January 15, 2004 :D :D Weasel_87FIS that's great! Can't wait now to read the answers. SAM and SAM hunting in the sixties and seventies are a great subject. I always like to get info on that. Quote
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