My uncle was a WSO in F4s. Hurt his neck pretty badly; I was told he was looking down at scope and pilot pulled +G to evade something without a heads up (pardon the pun). Walked with a cane and "no feeling in his feet but pins and needles" the last 10-15years or so after VA "treatment."
I've always thought they were weird looking aircraft, think it's the downturned rear horizontal stabilizers
...and Maximus said to Commodus, "the time for honoring yourself will soon come to an end."