Combat Aviator on MSN

F-16CJ Wild Weasel: Decapitate PLA air defense C2 in Taiwan

Air superiority doesn’t come for free — it has to be seized, often at great cost, from an adversary determined to deny it.
Combat Aviator on MSN

F-35A Wild Weasel: New Tail Flash Signals SEAD Mission Evolu

A small marking on the tail of a fighter jet rarely makes headlines. But when the letters “WW” appeared on an F-35A Lightning II at Misawa Air Base in Japan, anyone familiar with air combat history ...
Forbes

Shaw AFB Pilots Want a Better Way to Fly Between Land-Based and Offshore Training Ranges

A 77th Fighter Squadron F-16C launches during the Thunder Over the Midlands Airshow, at Shaw AFB. “Wild Weasel” F-16 pilots of the 20th Fighter Wing who specialize in the suppression of enemy air ...
The National Interest

Germany Wants New Fighter Jets: This Plane Could Give the F/A-18 Some Competition

Airbus is offering Germany a version of the Typhoon multi-role fighter aircraft that can perform the suppression of enemy air-defenses, or SEAD, mission. The SEAD Typhoon would be a new variant of the ...
Aviation Week

Sweden Eyes SEAD/DEAD, Electronic Attack Missions For Gripen E Fighter

Sweden should develop a suppression and destruction of enemy air defenses (SEAD/DEAD) mission for its Saab JAS 39E Gripen combat aircraft and build up the platform’s electronic attack capability, a ...
Aviation Week

Saab Contracted For Eurofighter Arexis SEAD/DEAD Suite

Sweden’s Saab has been contracted by Airbus to supply its Arexis sensor suite to equip a fleet of German Air Force Eurofighters for the suppression and destruction of enemy air defense (SEAD/DEAD) ...