Click to open image viewer. The F8U Crusader was the first carrier-based jet fighter to exceed 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) per hour. Its variable-incidence wing, which could elevate up to seven ...

Developed for the US Navy in the late 1950s, the Phantom platform would become one of the most prolific American-made aircraft ever produced. The Cold War-era F-4 “Phantom” platform may be rapidly ...

A recent aviation historic milestone stirred a few old, fond memories. On this day in aviation history: May 27, 1958; A legend was born. She earned several “nicknames” over her years of service. The ...

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When Vought produced this retrospective film about their F8U-1 and F8U-2 Crusader fighters, the days of the Last Gunfighter serving in frontline fleet squadrons were numbered. Their other fighter ...

Summary: The arrival of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom in Israel in the late 1960s marked a pivotal moment in the Israeli Air Force’s (IAF) history, significantly enhancing its operational ...

Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III, 1958. (Photo Credit: U.S. Navy / National Museum of Naval Aviation / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain) Despite a few differences, such as an angled air intake and the ...