Wotme,
Saudi was the only place they were used in anger
Depends on what you mean by 'in anger' During the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 56 Sqn flew armed patrols for a month with 4 a/c either airborne or on RS10, 4 at RS30 and another 4 at RS60. Although no shots were fired, there were a couple of nearlies so I would argue that this episode is pretty close to being used 'in anger'.
ERR,
I did quite a lot of Lightning v F4 combat with 43 Sqn when they first got their F4Ks in 1970. In a BVR fight it was no contest - the Phantom's radar had twice the range of the Lightning and a viable all-aspect missile in the Sparrow. If, however, you could get past this initial encounter into a visual fight, then the Lightning generally had the upper hand. However below 10k a clean F4 (missiles only) was very much the match of the Lightning in a turning fight.