Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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When Operation Desert Storm began, USAF's main SEAD aircraft was the F-4G Wild Weasel. This aircraft was a product of experiences from Vietnam War and even more, Arab-Israeli War of 1973. But by mid-1980s, it was joined by F-16C. These two airplanes formed hunter-killer teams and as the war for the liberation of Kuwait began, the 23rd TFS deployed Their F-4Gs and F-16Cs to Incirlik, Turkey.

Main sources:
- Viper Pilot: A Memoir of Air Combat
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- F-4 Phantom II Wild Weasel Units in Combat
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- Gulf War Air Power Survey - Volume 4: Weapons, Tactics & Training and Space Operations
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- Gulf War Air Power Survey A Statistical Compendium (Volume 5 of 6)
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