T he Vietnam War Flight Museum recently announced plans to acquire the last operational F-8 Crusader, an aircraft that holds a unique place in aviation history as “The Last of the Gunfighters ...

Summary and Key Points: The F-8 Crusader, developed by Vought in response to 1952 U.S. Navy requirements, was a groundbreaking fighter jet that first flew in 1955.It featured a unique high-mounted ...

Had things gone differently, the U.S. Navy’s top Cold War fighter jet could have been the F-8 Crusader instead of the F-4 Phantom. But not the legendary Crusader that bested MiGs over North ...

An RF-8G on the deck of the John F. Kennedy in 1976. The Crusader’s surveillance variant served longer than its fighter sibling. In the Tonkin Gulf in 1965, aviation ordnancemen of VF-194 load ...

The Crusader has a maximum speed of 1100 knots at 40,000 feet and a combat range of 700 miles. A total of 1,261 F-8s were built. RF-8G Bu. No. 146860, Manufacturer No. 103, Squadron No.. AF7Ol was ...

The Vought F-8 Crusader was such a plane, and was the very last offensive fighter jet to use machine guns as its primary armament when it was delivered to the U.S. Navy in the 1950s.