The Wild Weasel V -- an F-4 Phantom II variant known as the F-4G -- followed suit, being introduced in 1975. The jet was ...

More commonly known as Wild Weasel missions ... SEAD missions started with a modified F-100 Super Sabre in Vietnam, the role quickly moved on to the F-4 Phantom and then the F-105 Thunderchief ...

F-4s also flew reconnaissance and "Wild Weasel" anti-aircraft missile suppression missions. Phantom II production ended in 1979. The modified F-4 became the QF-4. It is the successor to the QF-106 ...