What is Vought F-8 Crusader?
[[File:F-8 Crusader on Hornet 2.jpg|thumb|[[United States]] [[Navy]] F-8.]] [[File:Vought F-8E Crusader 3-view line drawing.svg|thumb|Vought F-8E Crusader.]] The '''F-8 Crusader''' was an [[United States of America|American]] fighter plane made by [[Vought]]. It first flew in 1955, and went into the [[Navy]] and Marine corps in 1957. It was the only fighter plane in the [[Vietnam War]] to have both guns and missiles on it. It was slowly replaced by the [[F-4 Phantom II]] and was retired in 1999. There was also a different type of it called the RF-8 Crusader, meant for spying. It also took the pictures of [[Soviet]] [[missile]]s during the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]]. ==Related pages== * [[A-7 Corsair II]] {{Transport-stub}} [[Category:United States Navy aircraft]] [[Category:United States Marine Corps aircraft]] [[Category:French military aircraft]] [[Category:Vietnam War aircraft]]