Photos The last of the Gunfighters : Vought F-8 Crusader.

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One of the best fighters of all time !!!

 

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US Navy F-8H (148636) of VF-111 & A-7B Corsair of VA-87 and VA-25 on USS Ticonderoga (1969)

 

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Great Photo mate!!! That's a Alpha strike going in, notice all the aircraft have a pilot in the cockpit starting up!! Thanks for posting!

 

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F8D Crusader from VF-111 Sundowners onboard USS Midway (CV-41) in 1965

 

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Vought F-8D Crusader (BuNo 147056) of Fighter Squadron VF-111 "Sundowners" makes its attack run over South Vietnam. VF-111 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVA-41) for a deployment to Vietnam from 6 March to 23 November 1965.

 

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Vought F-8C Crusader aircraft (BuNo 147022) from Fighter Squadron VF-111, Det.11 Omar's Orphans after a wave-off. VF-111, Det. 11 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 10 (CVW-10) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CVS-11) for a deployment to Vietnam from 11 May to 30 December 1967.

 

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Marines Vought F-8 Crusaders showing off their odd 5" Zuni rocket twin-tube launchers fitted on the Sidewinder launching rails
Notice they are empty on the first image, but are loaded on the one with the rack of Mk.82's

 

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GREAT photos mate, Thanks for posting!!

 

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Vought F-8J Crusaders based on the carrier USS Oriskany fly in formation in 1971.

 

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For Crusader lovers.
F-8K (N19TB, 01, cn 572, ex-145592) of Thunderbird Aviation :

 

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Aeronavale F-8E(FN) (5) & AdA Super Mystère B.2 :

 

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The second Crusader of Thunderbird Aviation : (N37TB, 502, ex-145527)

These civilian Crusaders remind me of Shin Kazama's F-8 in Area 88.

 

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And because I love the F-8 Crusader and I really like Area 88, here are two images of Shin's F-8E from the 2004 anime :

 

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A little exotic...

 

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Some more pics of Phil AF Crusaders :

 

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Vought F-8J Crusader of Fighter Squadron 191 (VF-191) Satan's Kittens is recovered aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34) November 1970

 

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Some picture of the cockpit of an F-8 at the Savigny les Beaune museum.

 

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A Marine Nationale Vought F-8E(FN) Crusader aircraft folding its wings on the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) during joint operations off Toulon, France in 1983.

 

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Vought F8U-3 Crusader III BuNo 146341 on the line with two Crusaders awaiting fleet delivery, circa 1959.