I was at the boardwalk in Ventor, NJ back in 2011, just by chance, and wound up watching practice for the Atlantic City Airshow. There were some great displays by the Black Diamonds, and some warbirds, P-51s and the like, normal stuff. Then, in the distance, right down on the surf at about 100ft came an F-4D hauling…

Not in 1981 you didn't! They stopped flying the Phantom in 1973, along with the Blue Angels, and switched to the more fuel efficient T-38 Talon. Funny how time plays tricks on you like that.

My father flew the earliest Phantoms out of MacDill with the 15th TFW, 45th TFS in the early 60s. Unfortunately he didn't make it back from a second tour in Vietnam. Ironically, from what my mother told me, he wasn't that enthused about the F-4. Felt it was a "jack of all trades, master of none", but then, in those…

No, no it isn't. Besides, it's the Secret Service that provides security for the White House, not the CIA