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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".
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 ...
Renamed Light Photographic Squadron SIX TWO (VFP-62) in order to distinguish it from Heavy Photographic squadrons that were being established, the squadron received its first Vought F8U-1P Crusader aircraft in 1959, which were redesignated as the RF-8A in 1962. In 1966, these aircraft were upgraded to a new standard designated as the RF-8G.
The Vought F7U Cutlass is a United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter and fighter-bomber designed and produced by the aircraft manufacturer Chance Vought. It was the first tailless production fighter in the United States as well as the Navy's first jet equipped with swept wings and the first to be designed with afterburners .
Similarly, the F2H-2P was superseded by the F9F-8P (later RF-9J) variant of the F9F Cougar and the F8U-1P (later RF-8A) variant of the Vought F8U Crusader as these aircraft became available. During 1954, a Banshee flew coast-to-coast, nonstop without refueling, approximately 1,900 miles (3,100 km) from NAS Los Alamitos , California to NAS Cecil ...
Vought A-7 Strikefighter; Vought A-7 Corsair II; Vought AU; Vought-Hiller-Ryan C-142; Vought F-8 Crusader; Vought FU; Vought F2U; Vought F3U; Vought F4U Corsair; Vought XF5U Flying Pancake; Vought F6U Pirate; Vought F7U Cutlass; Vought F8U Crusader; Vought O-28; Vought O2U; Vought O3U; Vought O4U; Vought O5U; Vought OS2U Kingfisher; Vought OSU ...
Continuing with the F7U Cutlass and the F8U Crusader aircraft, Lau directed the Vought VAL Light Attack Aircraft Program. The program was Vought's response to the US Navy's request for a light attack aircraft based on an existing design to keep costs down. Vought's design based on the F-8 Crusader won the competition and the A-7 Corsair II was ...
VMF-112 was reactivated with the Corsair, but eventually flew the Grumman F9F Panther, the North American AF-1E Fury, and Vought F8U-1 Crusader. VMF(AW)-112 F-8H Crusader II at Dallas NAS in 1975 F/A-18 Hornet from VMFA-112 at Iwo Jima. When VMF-111 was deactivated, its aircraft passed to VMF-112, which became the Marines' largest reserve squadron.