Wingspan: 8"
Model Length: 12.75"
Code: PW07022

Imagine an aircraft that could locate enemy radars then suppress and destroy it. It spells total victory for Operation Desert Storm where the F-4G “Advance Wild Weasel” proved its worth. When working in “hunter killer” teams, the “Advanced Wild Weasel” could detect, identify, and locate enemy radars. It could then direct weapons that ensure destruction of the radars. Such technique proved effective against enemy surface-to-air-missile (SAM) batteries. The "Advanced Wild Weasel," was the last model still in the active Air Force inventory, until it was replaced by the F-16CJ/DJ.

Weaponry:

• HARM (AGM-88) and Maverick (AGM-65)
• ALQ-131 and ALQ-184 electronic countermeasures pods
• Cluster bombs
• Air-to-air missiles
 

This recreation of USAF’s “Advanced Wild Weasel” immortalizes its role in tactical strike forces. This meticulously hand-carved mahogany wood desktop model plane is created by craftsmen with over 30 years of experience. It is a piece of art lavished and hand-painted with great concern for details and accuracy. A wood base enhanced by a metal history plate comes with this desktop model plane.
 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wild Weasel is a nickname for aircraft of the United States Air Force tasked with the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) mission. The name derives from Project Wild Weasel—originally developed by Captain Bill McGuigan, Naval Aviator, of the US Marine Corps—the first development program for a dedicated SAM-detection and suppression aircraft. Originally named "Project Ferret", to denote a predatory animal that goes into its prey's den to kill it, 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 job 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 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.