[gundog]

....the Iranians are desperate and will do anything to get their hands on them.

F-4D is a maintainance nightmare. Last of the tube-fired, analog computer fighters.

[tongue-tied]

So were the J and S models, but still loved it. Avionics tech tuning a klystron tube with a power meter and a screwdriver?! Whoever heard of such a thing.

Then the lawn darts came along, and you pushed a button and ate a banana, and the computer told you what component to change.