I can't count how many times I've seen the Angels in F-4J's flying practice at El Centro when I was stationed over in Yuma. I'd ride my bike over on weekends just to watch them. LOVED it. It was one of the few things that made being in Yuma worthwhile. The first time I saw the Angels flying at all, it was in the Phantoms, up at Moffet Field. I grew up near there. Kind of amazing, that when I was 10, I saw them in Phantoms, an 8 years later I was right back to watching them again! Of course, by then I was working on the same planes, for VMFAT-101 in Yuma. Just as a note, I swear I saw the BuSer 153839 go by more than once on gear I was working on. I may be wrong, of course, since 101 had 32 planes in it's heyday...Not to mention 102's A-4's.
I always thought the Phantom was the best plane for the Angels. Big, loud, smokey...perfect crowd-pleasers!
Those are great looking liveries. I would DL them, but I can't afford any kind of payware, so they're kinda moot for me...
Ok, done babbling.
Pat☺