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The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) is a single-engine, ... F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War (Osprey Combat Aircraft #7). Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing.
Vought's F-8 Crusader Marine Fighter Squadrons. ISBN 0-942612-18-3. Rottman, Gordon L. (2002). U.S. Marine Corps World War II Order of Battle – Ground and Air Units in the Pacific War. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313319065. Sherrod, Robert (1952). History of Marine Corps Aviation in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Combat ...
On 31 May F-8J #150677 was lost at sea, the pilot ejected successfully and was rescued. [7] On 26 July F-8J #149186 was lost at sea, the pilot ejected successfully and was rescued. [7] VF-211 had eight confirmed kills in the F-8 Crusader, which earned them the reputation as "The MiG Killers."
All told, the U.S. Air Force flew 5.25 million sorties over South Vietnam, North Vietnam, northern and southern Laos, and Cambodia, losing 2,251 aircraft: 1,737 to hostile action, and 514 in accidents. 2,197 of the losses were fixed-wing, and the remainder rotary-wing. The USAF sustained approximately 0.4 losses per 1,000 sorties during the ...
The following is a list of United States aerial victories of the Vietnam War.While U.S. sources claimed 195 North Vietnamese Vietnam People's Air Force aircraft were shot down in air to air combat, the North Vietnamese claim that only 134 aircraft were lost.
During these deployments the squadron flew the F-8E from 1965 to 1968 and then the F-8J. After the end of the US involvement in Vietnam in 1973, VF-194 made another two cruises to the Western Pacific aboard Oriskany. VF-194 and its sister squadron VF-191 were the last US Navy fighter squadrons equipped with the F-8 Crusader.
On 6 July, F-8H BuNo 148636 was lost due to engine failure, the pilot ejected successfully and was rescued. [13] From 5 March to 17 December 1970, VF-111 was deployed aboard USS Shangri-La. VF-111 had the highest combat loss rate of the F-8 fighter units deployed to Vietnam. [12]: 103 VF-111 F-4B bombing over Vietnam in 1971
On 12 August F-8H #148660 experienced fuel problems while on a combat air patrol, the pilot ejected successfully and was rescued. [8] On 20 October F-8H #148643 suffered engine failure on takeoff, the pilot ejected successfully and was rescued. [8] VF-162 had the second highest combat loss rate after VF-111 of the F-8 fighter units deployed to ...