Wild Weasel mission 19 April 1967

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Audio recording and transcript of a Vietnam War F-105 Wild Weasel combat mission.

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This is an audio recording and transcript of an F-105 Thunderchief Wild Weasel combat mission flown over Hanoi during the Vietnam War. The audio and the transcript are courtesy of Plumalley, an Electronic Warfare Officer (nicknamed "Bear") who flew such missions from the 2nd seat of Wild Weasel aircraft.

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Each flight of four aircraft was randomly assigned a radio call sign, such Harpoon or Buick. Sometimes flight leaders whose voices are easily recognized would be called by their nicknames.

The recording documents interphone coordination between the pilot and Bear (Electronic Warfare Officer), as well as transmissions from the pilot to the strike force (as advisories, since he is not the mission commander), transmissions on mission primary frequency, transmissions on the international distress frequency GUARD, electronic threat signal intercepts detected by the multiple aircraft systems, and a constant calibration whistle used for later laboratory analysis of these signals. All these signals are simultaneous and combined. Note that time correllation is lost through in-process editing. See Wild Weasel mission 1 October 1967 for explanation of some of the terminology.

35250Audio recording and transcript of a Vietnam War F-105 Wild Weasel combat mission.

00:00 You got him

00:06 Valid launch at 5:30

00:09 Keep it down Kingfish, valid launch

00:15 It's gone; it's gone

00:24 Overheat light... keep it going toward the hills

00:30 5:30 The only one I got

00:51 Heading 210

01:00 Right over the xxx target

01:04 Get rid of the xxx tanks

01:15 OK, give me a short count

01:33 WoooWoooWooo

00:00 Kingfish Two has ejected; One is on Guard, I'll try to ADF his beeper

00:31 Come up Guard

00:57 Give me coordinates

01:14 Only one SAM in this area

01:31 I have both chutes in sight, in the air

01:45 Three ringer

02:12 Chutes still airborne

02:54 That's him at 1:30

03:07 Right in the xxx village, it looks like

03:13 You've got a MiG, low

03:48 I can't get behind him

03:58 You got a part of him

04:28 I can't see him, but I saw him a while ago

04:51 I'm by myself

05:35 I've had to jettison my (exteral fuel) tank

06:08 Sandy is approaching the area now (trailing Kingfish One)

06:40 Turning my oxygen off

07:25 Indicating 20 miles out, going to Guard

08:18 I see the Sandys off to your left, 5 o'clock high, into the sun, now

08:56 Wooo, Wooo, Wooo

09:26 Sandy One is going down

10:13 Come on in Panda

10:19 Sandy One is holding down

10:40 Come on in, Panda, I got your MiGs for you, four of them

10:57 Keep turning that thing, they can't get you down there

11:27 Turn right, turn right, come on back Panda

12:02 They are all over me

12:56 You got a Mig on your tail, 105s, three of you, break!

13:54 Panda Lead has been hit

14:12 You got Udorn in

14:18 Kingfish One going to channel 12

14:53 We (Panda) are out of gas

15:36 1,2,3,4,5,4,3,2,1, Panda Lead out

15:57 Heading for 97

16:03 Got a hell of a bundle