F-105 Wild Weasels over Vietnam: 1972. With Lucky Ekman, Fred Schleich, ET Johnson, Fish Fisher and Paul Metz.Tip Jar: https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=GDJU6CM3GWZTNDiscussion on Discord: https://discord.gg/9vJ3hPYFQhIt was a huge privilege for me to interview Fish, Lucky, Paul, ET and Fred, so thank you to them all for giving up their time. This interview took a long time to set up – more than six months – but would not have happened at all had it not been for Fred, and then Lucky, who convinced the others to join.00:00:00 Introduction  00:07:53 Wild Wesel Beginnings - 1965 00:14:27 Iron Hand    00:15:59 1966 - The Threat   00:17:52 1966-1972 Learnings  00:20:28 F-105 Vulnerabilities  00:22:54 YGBSM     00:30:14 Pilot-Bear Pairings  00:34:16 Hard Crewi ng   00:38:39 Crew Coordination   00:46:27 EWO 101     00:50:17 Shrike or StandardARM?  00:56:18 Kill or suppress?   00:58:42 Russian Advisors   01:00:32 The birth of Hunter-Killer Teams01:02:05 SAM Tactics    01:17:07 Intelligence Capabilities 01:22:51 Night flying   01:33:46 SAM Evasion    01:39:27 WW Tactics    01:42:07 ECM Tactics    01:45:28 The Enemy    01:49:09 The Numbers Game   01:49:54 A mission that haunts  01:57:51 PTSD    02:05:48 Lessons Learned   02:11:56 Modern SAMs    02:16:01 F-15EX    02:18:37 "Why?"Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=GDJU6CM3GWZTN)