[Mark17]

such as holding out the emergencies to get the rest of the squadron on the ground BEFORE the shot-up Huns, Voo-doos, or ThunderChief's tore out the barriers.

By the time I got there, we had USAF A-37s and VNAF F-5s. They did not do much to the barriers, but the F-100s tore them up with sickening regularity earlier.

[Yosemitest]

My first "Summer Camp" with the FANG, after tech school and then 7 months at Columbus AFB to get my 5 level,
I worked in 75 with F-100, and F-105s,and the F-101s had already retired.
My entrance into the USAF was in 78, with 4 Squadrons of F-4, and Sac was a tenant unit at Shady "J".
I retired out of Eglin/Duke in 2001, and went to the FAA for about 5 years.
I really don't like the FAA, because if ever there was a "cut-throat operation", it's the FAA.