Max101st
Mon January 16, 2006 10:21am
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little_roundtop
Little Roundtop, scene of Johsua Chamberlain's decisive order to end the battle by flanking confederate troops.
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Max101st
Wed January 18, 2006 4:52am
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Closeup
In the trenches just before battle of Fredricksburg
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b3196
Mon May 8, 2006 2:53pm
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wanted_poster
The true story behind the traggic death of Rocky
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b3196
Wed May 17, 2006 2:27pm
Rating: 6
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Sids wife, Laurie
Sid Your bro Ray ripped the camera out of my hands and made Laurie stand by the damages oon her car while he took the pic. For those of you that dont know what happened. Sid had the trailer parked in the wrong spot and Laurie tapped with her car
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amerkinsquid
Sun August 6, 2006 4:11am
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Snow Trooper
26 Dec. 04 snow storm in Norfolk.
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amerkinsquid
Sun August 6, 2006 4:15am
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3 Carrier Strike Group
From left to right; USS Truman, USS Eisenhower, and USS Enterprise during an ammo off load from the Truman
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amerkinsquid
Sun August 6, 2006 7:29am
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CVN75
USS Harry S. Truman as seen from "L" 3 on the IKE.
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Keith_Hixson
Tue September 12, 2006 3:04pm
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Trail Marker
Trail marker at debris field
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tdeane
Fri December 29, 2006 7:08am
Rating: 10
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PSD Training at Camp Shel
Photo taken when we were going through Protective ServiceS Detail training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi in prep for deployment, July 06.
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David
Sun November 2, 2008 8:00am
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Triumphmarsch_der_NSDAP
German WW2 Music
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David
Mon February 9, 2009 11:24am
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Round Trip Ticket
Round Trip Ticket
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David
Mon February 9, 2009 11:51am
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Round Trip Ticket
Round Trip Ticket
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David
Mon February 9, 2009 12:04pm
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Round Trip Ticket Ruth
Round Trip Ticket Ruth
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David
Wed October 28, 2009 9:16am
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Wild Weasel
Wild Weasel is a nickname for an aircraft of the United States Air Force specially equipped with radar seeking missiles used to remove radars and SAM installations of enemy air defence systems. The techniques used with Wild Weasels in the Vietnam and the Yom Kippur War were later integrated into the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) a plan used by US air forces to establish immediate air control, prior to possible full scale conflict. Initially known by the operational code "IRON HAND" when first authorized on August 12, 1965, the term "Wild Weasel" derives from Project Wild Weasel, the USAF development program for a dedicated SAM-detection and suppression aircraft. Originally named "Project Ferret", denoting a predatory animal that goes into its prey's den to kill it (hence: "to ferret out"), the name was changed to differentiate it from the code-name "Ferret" that had been used during World War II for radar counter-measures bombers.
In brief, the task of a Wild Weasel aircraft is to bait enemy anti-aircraft defenses into targeting it with their radars, whereupon the radar waves are traced back to their source so that the Weasel or its teammates can precisely target it for destruction. A simple analogy is playing the game of "flashlight tag" in the dark; a flashlight is usually the only reliable means of identifying someone in order to "tag" (destroy) them, but the light immediately renders the bearer able to be identified and attacked as well. The result is a hectic game of cat-and-mouse in which the radar "flashlights" are rapidly cycled on and off in an attempt to identify and kill the target before the target is able to home in on the emitted radar "light" and destroy the site.
The technique (or a specific part) was also called an 'Iron Hand' mission, though technically the Iron Hand part refers only to a suppression attack that paves the way for the main strike.
The unofficial motto of the Wild Weasel crews is YGBSM: "You Gotta Be Shittin' Me". This appears prominently on the logo patch of some squadrons. As the story goes, this was the response of Jack Donovan, a former B-52 EWO (Electronic Warfare Officer):
This was the natural response of an educated man, a veteran EWO on B-52s and the like, upon learning that he was to fly back seat to a self-absorbed fighter pilot while acting as flypaper for enemy SAMs.
The "WW" tailcode of the 35th Fighter Wing derives from its Wild Weasel heritage.
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Richard Hambley
Sat May 1, 2010 11:26am
Rating: 10
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Mike Force Soldier 1968
One of our Mike Force troops. (Rick Hambley Photo)
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