The F-4G version of the Phantom II, was a dedicated SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defences) variant used by the United States Air Force that featured updated radar and avionics that was converted from the F-4E.
They served with the USAF through the 1980s and even the early 1990s as, on 15th August 1990 24 Wild Weasel V together with six RF-4Cs were deployed in Shaikh Isa Airbase, in Bahrein in order to take part in the Operation Desert Storm. The F-4G was the only aircraft in the USAF's inventory equipped for performing SEAD operations, and was needed to protect coalition's air forces from Iraq's anti-air system. One F-4G was destroyed when enemy fire damaged the fuel tank and it ran out of fuel close to a friendly air base. The last F-4G Wild Weasel V in the USAF served with the 561st Fighter Squadron and were withdrawn on 26th March 1996 and it served also with the Air National Guard with the 190th Fighter Squadron of the Idaho Air National Guard until April 1996.
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II
2. Salamander Books - The Complete Book of Fighters
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