wild weasel

Noun

Meaning

(US, military, aviation) An attack airplane specialized for attacking anti-aircraft defenses (AAD), typically surface-to-air missile (SAM) sites and radar control stations, typically with anti-radiation missiles (ARM).

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wild,‎ weasel.

Examples

During the Gulf War, the HARM was involved in a friendly fire incident when the pilot of an F-4G Wild Weasel escorting a B-52 bomber mistook the latter's tail gun radar for an Iraqi AAA site. Source: Internet

;mainF-4G Wild Weasel V :A dedicated SEAD variant for the U.S. Air Force with updated radar and avionics, converted from F-4E. Source: Internet

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