Fist time I watched an A-4 do a run while approaching from the air in a helo, it scared the shiite out of me how low he pulled out. Thought for sure he had target fixation and was going in.
Do recall and F-4 pilot telling us how much easier they were to line up for a bomb run. Said the A-4 tended to move all over while the F-4 sat there in the groove.
F-4s, on the other hand were brave but didn't fly as low or bomb as accurately and sometimes hit one treeline over from where you asked them to. Which was rough on community relations.
Do you remember the story about a flightline corporal at El Toro that stole an A-4 in '68 or '69 and flew it for an hour and then landed it - all at night? From what I heard, he had flown gliders a lot but this was his first time up solo in a power plane - in an A-4! As I had heard it, he lightly damaged one gear door but landed it fine otherwise. Tells you a lot about how good A-4s were to fly.
The Corps had no idea what to do with the guy!
Good thing he didn't try to solo an F-4..