VOUGHT F-8 CRUSADER
VOUGHT F-8 CRUSADER

VOUGHT F-8 CRUSADER

L20170075
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The first supersonic aircraft of the US Navy, the Crusader allowed the Vought aircraft company to recapture the success it had enjoyed during the Second World War with its legendary F4U Corsair. 


 

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Produced in more than 1,250 examples, this fighter made its maiden flight in March 1955 and, over its thirty-year career, equipped more than seventy Navy and Marine Corps aviation squadrons. Committed to combat as early as the autumn of 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Crusader went on to distinguish itself during the first part of the Vietnam War, achieving eighteen confirmed kills — more than half the total scored by the US Navy over the entire conflict — earning it the honorary title of "MiG Master." Progressively replaced by more capable fighters, the Crusader ended its American career with Reserve units or those specializing in photo-reconnaissance. France, for her part, retained her specially modified aircraft — designed to operate from her "small" aircraft carriers — for a few years longer; the last "Crouze" of the Aéronavale, and with it the last F-8 in the world, was retired from service in October 1999.

Language
French
Publisher
HISTORY & COLLECTIONS

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