No, the Proweler was not a Wild Weasel. It did carry a HARM missile, but its mission was not killing SAMs. Personally, I hated the damn planes. Their transmitters were few in number and frequently did not work. It was all too common to have a Prowler fly a mission with only 2-3 operating jammers. They were grossly inferior to the EF-111, except the USAF tossed EW into the trash and put all their eggs in the stealth basket!
I knew nothing of the reliability, but they looked awesome with that gold canopy...
True, but then the USAF would still call on jammer assets to accompany stealth strike packages. I suppose that would just be an extra layer of insurance for the F-117’s going down-town. After the retirement of the ‘Spark-Vark’ the Prowler was the only game in town. They became a joint operational asset to be used by the USAF/Navy/Marines.