Here is a photo gallery of the F-8 Crusader. Most of the pictures available
here were found on the Internet. Visitors are invited to help build
this gallery by sharing any photographs they have of the Crusader. Click
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A left front view of a VMF-334 F-8C Crusader aircraft parked on
the flight line at MCAS El Toro. 18 March 1966. (USMC/Corp. J. Costello) |
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An F-8E Crusader (BuNo 150328) of VMF(AW)-235 at Da Nang, South
Vietnam, in April 1966. (USAF) |
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Four Vought F8U-1 Crusader of VMF-312 Checkerboards in 1960. Pictured
in US Navy Naval Aviation News, December 1960. (USN) |
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An F-8J Crusader from VF-194 Red Lightnings intercepts a Soviet
Tupolev Tu-95 Bear-A/B reconnaissance aircraft near USS Oriskany
on 25 May 1974. (USN/Lt. Fessenden) |
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Carrier Air Wing 5 planes on USS Ticonderoga in early 1966 during
a deployment to Vietnam. Visible on the flight deck and starboard
elevator are 3 F-8E Crusaders from VF-51 (BuNo 149152) and VF-53
(BuNo 150853 and 150863) as well as two Skyraiders from VA-52. F-8E
BuNo 149152 was damaged by AAA and shot down by a MiG-17 on 21 June
1966. (USN/Lee Noland) |
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An F-8H Crusader (BuNo 148678) of VF-111 Sundowners, Attack Carrier
Air Wing Sixteen (CVW-16), on the forward elevator of the aircraft
carrier USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) in 1969 during a deployment to
Vietnam. (USN/Chester O. Morris) |
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F8U-1 Crusaders of VF-124 Gunfighters at NAS Miramar in the early
1960s. Featured in US Navy Naval Aviation News April 1962 (USN) |
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F-8 Crusaders of CVG-8 fly over the USS Forrestal circa August
1962. The aircraft depicted are an RF-8A (BuNo 146895) of VFP-62
and two F-8C (BuNos 146932 and 145592) of VF-103, armed with AIM-9B
Sidewinder missiles. (USN/Robert M. Cieri) |
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F-8D BuNo 148660 of VF-154 in the early 1960s. BuNo 148660 was
later converted to an F-8H and crashed after experiencing fuel system
problems during a CAP mission on 12 August 1970 over Vietnam. At
that time it was assigned to VF-162, CVW-8, aboard USS Shangri-La.
The pilot ejected and was picked up by helicopter. (USN) |
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Two F-8J Crusader of VF-191 in 1974/75. VF-191 was assigned to
CVW-19 aboard USS Oriskany. (USN/Bill Zobel) |
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A formation of F-8J Crusaders of VF-194 (BuNos 149175, 149177,
149182, 150340, 150347, and 150868) in 1971. VF-194 was assigned
to CVW-19 aboard USS Oriskany in 1971. BuNo. 150868 crashed on 21
June 1971. (USN) |
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An F-8K Crusader (BuNo 147016) of VC-1 in 1970. Featured in U.S.
Navy Naval Aviation News, May 1970. (USN) |
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F8U-2 Crusaders of VMF-333 preparing to launch from the deck of
USS Forrestal, ca. 1960. Featured in U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News
February 1961. (USN) |
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An F-8J (BuNo 150918) of VF-24, CVW-21, landing on the USS Hancock
(CVA-19) in the early 1970s. It is armed with a AIM-9D Sidewinder.
(USN/Pete Sakaris) |
