Combat Aviator on MSN

F-35A Wild Weasel: Next-gen SEAD dominance for future conflicts

Few missions in modern air warfare carry as much prestige — and as much danger — as the Wild Weasel. Born out of desperate ...
Combat Aviator on MSN

F-35A Wild Weasel: Misawa’s New SEAD Role in Pacific Airpowe

A stealthy, fifth-generation fighter jet hunting radar systems sounds like something from a Tom Clancy novel — but it’s the ...
The National Interest

SEAD and DEAD F-35 Training: What They Are and Why They Matter

Here’s What You Need to Know: SEAD has been a central element of projecting military air power for more than fifty years. Last month four Italian F-35A Lightning II fighters, deployed from the Rivolto ...
The Aviationist

Airbus Announces A New Eurofighter Typhoon ECR/SEAD variant

New Electronic Warfare systems for the Eurofighter Typhoon (and Saab Gripen). Airbus announced a new Electronic Combat Reconnaissance (ECR)/Suppression of Enemy Air Defences (SEAD) version of the ...
The National Interest

F-35 Jets Carried Out SEAD and DEAD Training: Why That Matters

Last month four Italian F-35A Lightning II fighters, deployed from the Rivolto Air Base in the northeastern part of the country, conducted a series of training exercises. The F-35As, which were ...
Shephard Media

EW Europe: NATO to tackle SEAD gap

NATO is pushing ahead with a programme to fill its capability gap in the suppression of enemy air defence (SEAD). The programme intends to develop a next generation system that can meet the challenges ...
StrategyPage

Electronic Weapons: UAVs Do SEAD And Elint

May 9, 2017: The U.S. Air Force is testing, apparently successfully, installing EW (Electronic Warfare) equipment on its MW-9 Reaper UAV. One of these EW items, a RWR (Radar Warning Receiver) may ...