My earliest clear aviation memory is the Blue Angles at the Pt. Mugu airshow with the Phantoms. We left the main show early to watch the blues from the perimeter road on the extended centerline of runway 3. Several Phantoms made a special, and very low passes directly overhead for our pleasure. Most impressive, and impressionable.
Pt. Mugu was a special place for airshows in the 1970's as the live range lies just offshore the runway and they would do live sidewinder shoots, strafing runs, and ejection seat firing (with a dummy!) from a white Phantom. I was not born in time for the alleged Q-Privateer shoot down for the 1950's airshows!!!