Great read. As we used to say in my old naval aviation days (former S-3 Viking flight officer here), "Sierra Hotel"....aka $hit hot
My only comment is that the title of the thread is a bit misleading...The F-14 (now retired) did everything the F-4 did, but better. That said, though, there was nothing like seeing/feeling/hearing an F-4 full afterburner take-off, or a flight of 4 Phantoms come in for the break. . .
Thanks for posting!