For educational purposes<br /><br />The constant threat to all American aircraft missions was the Russian built missile known as SAM, which employed various levels of sophistication. <br /><br />One counter action taken was the Wild Weasel mission : Weasel pilots would fly ahead of other aircraft, exposing themselves to enemy radar lock-on, so the Shrike missile they carried could use the same signal to target enemy ground-base, and thereby clear the way. <br /><br />The fascinating legend of Wild Weasel has never been told before today.
