These SAM suppression missions were extremely dangerous and required a high degree of skill and fast thinking on the part of the Weasel crews just to stay alive. In the early days described there was no automatic equipment and the aircrew really had to do it all, a very mentally-challenging mission.
Then, as ever before, keeping our pack safe, demands some interesting Ops. Nowadays, probably it changed a little, but with the same goals. Taking care of our own, isn't easy, as The Germany Constitution's Defense Commitee knows perfectly, isn't it?
