Really amazed it's taken to the bottom of Page 2 to hear it for the F4 - Phantom. Beautiful lines, awesomely powerful, crap turning and even crappier vis out of the cockpit, but what a warbird. In fact, is there a jet in the world today that has more combat experience (Vietnam, obviously, but also Israel v Syria/Egypt. Have a friend who worked in an Israeli hospital during '73 Yom Kippur, used to take sundowners on the balcony of his hotel watching the IAF Phantoms pounding up the Bekka Valley).
Would also be willing to go into bat for the Lightning, but only in plan form when departing vertical after takeoff.