USAF's Wild Weasel Demonstration Team
Recently, Block 50 F-16C 90-0817/WW received some new tail colours. The Fighting Falcon is now part of the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) F-16 Demonstration Team, part of the 35th Fighter Wing at Misawa Air Base (Japan).
Wild Weasel is a code name given by the USAF to an aircraft, of any type, equipped with anti-radiation missiles and tasked with the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) / Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses (DEAD): disrupting/ misleading/ destroying the radar and Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) installations of enemy air defense systems.
The 35th FW includes the 35th Operations Group, where both the 13th (Panthers) and 14th Fighter Squadrons (Samurais) operate and make up the wing's flying force.
Today, the 35th FW's SEAD mission is primarily carried out by F-16CM Block 50 Fighting Falcons, typically equipped with a state of the art HARM Targeting System pod, two High speed Anti-Radiation Missiles and a self-protection jammer.
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