Not sure when they started the orange but your first post is an F-14 nose by the gun gas purge door. Always thought it looked a bit silly, but squadron traditions and esprit de corps are powerful things and it wasn’t my squadron.
We wore regular flight suits and our squadron color was black, so black T-shirts. A subdued look by comparison.
My bad. I wasn't sure. Originally I thought it was an F-14 but then I wasn't sure and thought maybe it was an F-4, especially seeing another source for that photo claiming it was an F-4. But of course they did fly the F-4 in those garish colors.
