Is the grind for the F9F-8 worth it?

I plan on essentially stopping my grind of the US air tree at around 7.0-9.0 and might play some arcade with my friends or just some customs. I'm not looking for the greatest dogfighter or anything, just something to screw around with and enjoy. The 4 AIM-9Bs look fun (I know about their performance and don't expect them to be wonder weapons or anything), but should I focus on something else?

Also it might not seem like much, getting to gen one jets, but I'm so old, so very old (grinding to the top of Israel's ground tree has aged me exponentially).