The Weirdest, Dirtiest And Wildest Jobs In The Military

Wild Weasel

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The official name for a wild weasel is a SEAD pilot. SEAD stands for “Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses”, and these highly skilled Air Force pilots’ jobs are to reduce ground-based anti-air threats. They have to try and get the enemy to shoot at them so that they can learn their position in order to inform the other units of their whereabouts, so they can take them out. What makes it even more dangerous is that these planes are not being flown at high altitudes, but instead are flying low to the ground. Once the enemy spots them and reveals their location by attacking the plane, the pilot has to get away fast enough before their plane is shot down.