Final product photos HA3824 F-16CJ Wild Weasel

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA3824 Lockheed F-16CJ Wild Weasel 90-0825, 14th FS/35th FW, Misawa AB, Japan, February 2013.

Beginning as the 14th Reconnaissance Squadron in 1942 it was deactivated after WWII and fully re-activated in October 1966 as the 14th TRS equipped with RF-4C Phantom II’s based out of Udorn RTAFB, Thailand until it was inactivated again in 1975. 

Twelve years later in January 1987 the 14th TRS “Fightin’ Samurai” was re-activated in Misawa, Japan and equipped with the Lockheed F-16C Fighting Falcon. Late in 1994 the 14th began flying the F-16CJ and in 1996 changed its tail code from MJ to WW. 

In March 2003 the 14th took part in “Operation Iraqi Freedom” and were the first non-stealth aircraft over Baghdad and fired the first HARM of the war.