The Wild Weasel missions were among the ... the kill zone to ensure that friendly birds made it back safety—either to air bases in South Vietnam or to the U.S. Navy’s carriers floating off ...

The origin of Wild Weasel jets goes back to the Vietnam War era ... They've put their lives on the line to protect their fellow pilots and countrymen, doing so in several different aircraft.

In the early days of the Vietnam War ... “You just keep going back to your training.” While the Wild Weasel crews were relatively few in number, Telford said the Weasels were some of the ...

The first Wild Weasel F-100Fs arrived at Korat Royal Thai ... “We didn’t just mark the target…we went in first with rockets and came back around with cannons even before some of the Thuds ...

TAMPA — For the bulk of the Vietnam ... won back a good measure of the peace that had eluded him for decades, died May 13 of heart failure. He was 71. The Air Force created the Wild Weasels ...

are using a tactic first deployed by the Vietnam-era US Air Force to contest the skies above the 600-mile frontline. In recent months, videos have emerged that appear to show Ukrainian pilots ...

Pugh flew were some of the most dangerous and highest risk in the Vietnam War,” William Redmond wrote in an email. “We believe the Wild Weasel story is (one) of courage, innovation and skill ...