There are some good tales.
One, that I've gotten from the Weasel driver involved, had a 'better lucky than good' quality. Since it involved some GR1s, it is along the lines of why I posted my question on pprune.
Short story: several weeks into Desert Storm, not many Iraqi air defenders were lighting up ANY radars, much less the search or tracking varieties of the SA-2 or -3. On one night mission supporting GR1s against H2, a surveillance radar was the only game in town, so the F-4G crew decided to at least get that one.
Launched just a little before the GR1s were to lay down their load, the HARM actually acquired a SA-3 that illuminated the GR's in the last few seconds of the missile's flight. The GR flight lead was impressed and appreciative of the 'precise' destruction of the SAM tracking his flight and said so upon RTB. The Weasel had to 'fess up that while he was glad he could help, he had actually meant to take out something else.
In another anecdote, on night three, a four ship was escorting B-52s dropping on Republican Guard. SA-2's to the left, to the right, yet still the regiment rode through the valley (oh, wait, wrong conflict....). Anyway, 1 & 2 stayed to tangle with the SAMs while 3 & 4 pressed with the BUFFs. Lead had to avoid six SA-2 shots within 70 seconds. A busy time in his life........
Last edited by brickhistory; 2nd Sep 2006 at 12:53.