Wild Weasel (G.I. Joe)

Wild Weasel
G.I. Joe character
Wild Weasel as seen in the Sunbow/Marvel G.I. Joe cartoon.
First appearance	1984
Voiced by	Pat Fraley (Sunbow/Marvel) Trevor Devall (Valor vs. Venom)
Affiliation	Cobra
Specialty	Cobra Rattler Pilot
File name	CLASSIFIED
Birth place	CLASSIFIED
Primary MOS	Ground Support Pilot

Wild Weasel is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is a member of Cobra and pilot of the Cobra Rattler. He wears a red flight suit with a helmet that hides his face.

Wild Weasel is an ace pilot, who served in the bush wars of South America and Africa. He has extensive knowledge of close support aircraft, ranging from jury-rigged civilian conversions, to state-of-the-art flying machines armed with laser-guided missiles and ECM pods. His speech pattern contains a characteristic sibilance caused by a mouth injury, which is rumored to have been inflicted by ground fire during a strafing run.

He is arrogant to a fault, favoring the Rattler ground support jet. The pilots of G.I. Joe hate him as a person, but respect him as a pilot. Wild Weasel does not have friends, even among the ranks of Cobra, because he only talks about jets and motor parts, something that the other Cobra members find boring. Wild Weasel doesn't realize this and thinks that everyone avoids him because they fear him.

The members of the Phoenix Guard were Cobra agents in disguise, but for Cobra Commander's elaborate ruse to succeed, each member of the team needed doctored military records and manufactured personal histories. Wild Weasel's fabricated identity was Halo, real name Kenneth P. Leggitt, born in Chicago, Illinois. Halo's specialties were airborne infantry, aeronautical engineering and fixed wing pilot. He received basic training, advanced infantry training and completed Airborne School all at Fort Benning. He also completed the Special Forces Qualification course and the Military Free Fall Parachutist course at Fort Bragg. General Rey considered him extremely introverted, but also someone who enjoyed his job immensely.

Wild Weasel was first released as an action figure in 1984, packaged with the Rattler tank smasher plane.

A version of Wild Weasel with no accessories came with the Built to Rule Cobra Raven, which followed the G.I. Joe: Spy Troops story line. The forearms and the calves of the figure sported places where blocks could be attached.