Vought F-8 Crusader
The F-8 Crusader was an American fighter plane made by Vought. It first flew in 1955, and went into the Navy and Marine corps in 1957. It was the only fighter plane in the Vietnam War to have both guns and missiles on it. It was slowly replaced by the F-4 Phantom II and was retired in 1999. There was also a different type of it called the RF-8 Crusader, meant for spying. It also took the pictures of Soviet missiles during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Vought F-8 Crusader Media
F8U-1 Crusader BuNo 141435 and Commander "Duke" Windsor depart China Lake for a successful speed record attempt, 21 August 1956.
Two Crusaders prepare to launch from USS Midway; their variable-incidence wings are in the "up" position.
An F-8 of Oriskany intercepts a Tu-95 'Bear-B'.
Ejection from a VFP-62 RF-8A in 1963.
An F-8E of VMF(AW)-235 at Da Nang, in April 1966 showing the Infrared search and track (IRST) sensor in front of the canopy.
A VF-24 F-8J returning to Hancock in the Gulf of Tonkin.
A section of VFP-206 RF-8G Crusaders in late 1986 when they were last F-8s in U.S. Naval service.
An F-8E(FN) landing aboard Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1983.
F-8H Crusader of the Philippine Air Force. c. 1978
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