The Vought F-8 Crusader was the first carrier-based fighter to achieve supersonic flight capability.
Thanks to its Pratt & Whitney turbojet engine with afterburner, it was able to exceed the then top speed of Mach 1.8.
It entered service with the US Navy and US Marine Corps in the late 1950s to replace the aging Vought F7U Cutlass.
The F-8 had a routine use by the United States until the Vietnam War.
Armed with four 20 mm cannons installed on the sides of the large front air intake, she could carry a varied load of weapons.
This capability gave it a high degree of operational flexibility in missions involving the use of air-to-air missiles, rockets and bombs.
Because it was armed with cannons, unlike the more modern and advanced early versions of the missile-laden F-4 Phantom II, the pilots earned the nickname “The Last of the Gunfighters.”
The aircraft was also used by the French Navy's carrier-based fighter squadron.
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Thanks to its Pratt & Whitney turbojet engine with afterburner, it was able to exceed the then top speed of Mach 1.8.
It entered service with the US Navy and US Marine Corps in the late 1950s to replace the aging Vought F7U Cutlass.
The F-8 had a routine use by the United States until the Vietnam War.
Armed with four 20 mm cannons installed on the sides of the large front air intake, she could carry a varied load of weapons.
This capability gave it a high degree of operational flexibility in missions involving the use of air-to-air missiles, rockets and bombs.
Because it was armed with cannons, unlike the more modern and advanced early versions of the missile-laden F-4 Phantom II, the pilots earned the nickname “The Last of the Gunfighters.”
The aircraft was also used by the French Navy's carrier-based fighter squadron.
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