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The F-8 Crusader military jet fighter was made by the Vought Corporation.
This jet fighter aircraft looks very much like
the Vought A-7 Corsair II.
The F-8 Crusader - a
U.S. Navy carrier-based fighter saw nearly two decades of service and fought in the Vietnam War.
The F-8 the Navy's last fighter to use cannon as its
primary weapon system. These F-8 Crusader
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Introduced in 1957, the F-8 Crusader made headlines for flying at supersonic speeds on only one engine. A replica of an F-8J Crusader flown by VF-24, the "Red Checkertails," stationed on the USS Hancock (CVA-19) F-8 Crusader - which, introduced in 1957 as the first true supersonic carrier-based fighter aircraft, was the last American fighter with guns as the primary weapon - flown in the 1970s.
F-8E Crusader
F-8E Crusader
VF-162 "Hunters," USS Oriskany (CV-34), 1966 F-8E Crusader Aeronavale Flotille 12F, Carrier Clemenceau, 1999 VF-194 flying off the "USS Ticonderoga. USMC Gen. Drax Williams in his F-8 Crusader - often called the "Gunfighter" - goes after a pair of MiG-21s during an A-6 Intruder escort mission. With the highest kill ratio of any Navy aircraft during the Vietnam conflict, the F-8 Crusader became known as the "MiG Master"supersonic fighter. U.S. Marines F-8E Crusader Fighting Shamrocks or Red Devils. F-8J Crusader - a U.S. Navy carrier-based fighter that saw nearly two decades of service - that fought in the Vietnam War, Interviews with 16 of the 17 living Crusader pilots who became MiG killers over Vietnam, (This was Written in 2007) F-8's three-decade operational service Known by its pilots as the "last of the gunfighters" due to its Colt-Browning Mk 12 20mm cannon, the F-8 Crusader was the most populous fighter in the U.S. Navy at the start of America's involvement in Vietnam. The F-8 enjoyed great success against North Vietnamese MiGs, F-8E Crusader of Cmdr. Harold "Hal" Marr along with his wing man, Lt.(JG) Phil Vampatella, as they make a high speed, low level victory fly-by alongside the deck of the USS Hancock on June 12, 1966. The Crusaders of VF 211, known as the Checkmates, achieved the admirable record of being the highest scoring F-8 Squadron of the Vietnam War. 32 The F-8 the Navy's last fighter to use cannon as its primary weapon system. Follow the development and operational service of "the last of the gunfighters," the F-8 Crusader and its variants in this look at the last U.S. fighter designed with guns as its primary weapons. U.S. Navy's first supersonic aircraft, the F-8 Crusader, from design and construction in the early 1950s, through John Glenn's 1957 record-breaking flight across the U.S. in three hours and 23 minutes and its service in Vietnam where it scored the highest kill ratio of any U.S. fighter aircraft, to its 1986 Navy retirement, Commander James B. Stockdale in his F-8 Crusader leads the first American air strike against North Vietnam in an attack on the oil facilities at Vinh, August 5, Although the Crusader was built first and foremost as a Navy interceptor, as has often been the tradition with U.S. fighters, a photo-reconnaissance variant was also produced by Vought. Ace fighter jocks Paul Speer and Phil Wood in the U.S. Navy's F8 Crusader as they tackle North Vietnamese MiGs over the killing skies of Vietnam. How urgently President John F. Kennedy required intelligence to end the Cuban Missile Crisis and how a single machine - the RF-8 Crusader - came through with the low-altitude reconnaissance he needed to take action. F8U Crusader Model Airplane Kits. |
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