I think I've mentioned that I am enamored of the wargame "Red Storm", a raid-level hex & counter air game set in May-June 1987. I'm deep in a PBEM scenario (my 3rd) in which I planned a NATO strike on the 1st day of the war.
Plotting the roles for the F-4s in the strike was interesting, since there were so many options for air-ground loads. The "main body" of the mission is 16 Belgian F-16A, the escort is 8 W.German F-4F, and the SEAD element is USAF 4 F-4E and 4 F-4G. The F-4Es are the utility infielders, as I loaded them with Mavericks and EOG bombs, but they also have Sparrows for beyond-visual-range air-to-air, which the CAP fighters do not
I now return you to your regularly-scheduled Red Dawn