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RF-8 Crusader Units over Cuba and Vietnam

By Tom Tullis , Peter Mersky

Book information

Publisher
Osprey
Year
1999
ISBN
9781855327825, 1-85532-782-1
Open Library ID
OL8993082M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12715800 bytes)
Series
Combat Aircraft 012
Pages
98\98
Topic
History
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

Although the Crusader was built first and foremost as a Navy interceptor, as has often been the tradition with US fighters, a photo-reconnaissance variant was also produced by Vought. The photo-bird's first operational test came in the autumn of 1962 when its overflights of Cuba alerted the world to the likely presence of medium-range ballistic missiles on the Caribbean island. The recce Crusader's next action came during the long years of the Vietnam War. This volume is the second of two in the Combat Aircraft series devoted to the Crusader, the first title (again by Peter Mersky) having covered the F-8 fighter variants, and their MiG-killing exploits, during the Vietnam War.

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