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The Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III was an aircraft developed by Chance Vought as a successor to the successful Vought F-8 Crusader program and as a competitor to the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. [1] Though based in spirit on the F8U-1 and F8U-2, and sharing the older aircraft's designation in the old Navy system, the two aircraft shared few ...
The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) is a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft [2] designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Vought. It was the last American fighter that had guns as the primary weapon, earning it the title "The Last of the Gunfighters".
Unbuilt piston engine monoplane anti-submarine aircraft Vought F8U Crusader: 1955 1,219 Jet engine monoplane fighter Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III: 1958 5 Prototype jet engine monoplane fighter LTV XC-142: 1964 5 Prototype turboprop tiltwing cargo aircraft LTV A-7 Corsair II: 1965 1,545 Jet engine monoplane attack aircraft LTV L450F: 1970 1
The squadron returned to Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in January 1958 where it became the first West Coast squadron to transition to the F8U-1 Crusader. [ 2 ] A F-8 Crusader from VMF-334 on the ramp at MCAS El Toro in 1966.
The -3, with its Westinghouse J46-WE-8B turbojets, would eventually become the definitive production version, a total of 288 aircraft equipping 13 U.S. Navy squadrons. Further development of the type came to an end shortly after flight testing of the more capable Vought F8U Crusader commenced. [citation needed]
VF-24 made deployments to the Western Pacific aboard USS Midway, USS Bon Homme Richard and USS Hancock from 1959 to 1975. While on duty, the squadron earned the Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commendation (2 awards), Meritorious Unit Commendation (5 awards), Battle Efficiency Award (1972), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (3 awards), and Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.
Only aircraft designated after the adoption of the Tri-Service system are listed below. For aircraft in the sequence designated before 1962, see List of United States Air Force aircraft designations (1919–1962) § H: Helicopter (1948–1962). H-46 Sea Knight – Boeing Vertol; H-47 Chinook – Boeing Vertol; H-48 – Bell (redesignated UH-1F)
Vought F8U-1 Crusader, BuNo 145357, of VF-11, arrestor hook and right landing gear broke during a heavy landing on USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, causing the aircraft to catch fire and go over the ship's port side.