Enhanced capabilities Located just behind the air intake and off to the left is the AN/ASQ-213A HTS pod.įor the last year in DCS World, the F-16C has had the capability of engaging SAM sites with the AGM-88 HARM missile. Some called it the ‘Super Weasel’ as a nod to the original F-4’s Wild Weasel designation. This is the basis of the aircraft that makes up the DCS: F-16C and one of the chief roles of the Block 50/52 was to replace the F-4 in the SEAD (suppression of enemy air defenses) role. The two seat jet was an effective choice during the 1991 Persian Gulf War and a single F-4G was lost on operations.īy the mid-90s, the F-4 was being phased out and the brand new F-16 Block 50/52 was coming into play. Let’s have a look! Super Weasel An F-4G Phantom II aircraft shows the wide variety of Wild Weasel weapons: AGM-45, AGM-65, AGM-78, AND AGM-88.īetween Vietnam and 1996, it was the F-4G ‘Advanced Wild Weasel’ that formed the bulk of the USAF’s ability to engage and destroy enemy SAM systems.
Now, however, the jet has been given the HARM Targeting System (or HTS) and it has transformed the aircraft. The F-16 has been able to carry the AGM-88 HARM missile for quite some time in DCS World, however, the HARM as Sensor (HAS) mode that the jet has been able to employ so far always felt a little underwhelming and clunky to work with.
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