Vought F-8 Crusader facts for kids

United States Navy F-8.

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.

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• A-7 Corsair II

Images for kids

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  F8U-1 Crusader BuNo 141435 and Commander "Duke" Windsor depart China Lake for a successful speed record attempt, 21 August 1956.

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  Ejection from a VFP-62 RF-8A in 1963.

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  An F-8E of VMF(AW)-235 at Da Nang, in April 1966 showing the IRST sensor in front of the canopy.

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  A section of VFP-206 RF-8G Crusaders in late 1986 when they were last F-8s in U.S. Naval service.

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  NASA TF-8A supercritical wing testbed

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  F-8H Crusader of the Philippine Air Force. c. 1978

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  A VF-32 F8U-1 in 1958.

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  NASA's F-8C digital fly-by-wire testbed

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  DF-8F missile and drone director of USN China Lake in 1971.

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  A French F-8P on display at Toulouse

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  XF8U-1 Crusader prototype on display at the Museum of Flight

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  F-8J Crusader on display at the Air Zoo

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  Weapons loadout of an F-8 Crusader

See also

In Spanish: Vought F-8 Crusader para niños