FWIW,... around '95 when I was a PIT IP, we had a C-model pilot going through the course, and he was one of the guys that got his wrist slapped for strafing with the Eagle. Sorry, I cannot remember his name. But I remember talking about it with him, as it was the first time I had heard of it.
At the time, I recall being pretty impressed, and thinking that was pretty cool, considering the fact they had very little dedicated training for that scenario.
Come to think of it, I still think it's pretty cool.