Lightning Strike -F4
I agree with the perception that the nose area is vulnerable. I had a lightning strike, at night, while medium level in an F-4. No major effects, except that the radar stopped working, which didn't exactly surprise me! However, when I saw the aircraft in the hangar the next morning the whole of the interior surface of the radome had de-laminated. It was hinged open and full of great coils of firbre glass - rather like a peeled onion. Nothing visible at all from the outside but a bit of a mess inside!