F8U-2 Crusader II Devblog [War Thunder 2.5 Update]

3 years ago
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The F8U-2 Crusader II is coming to War Thunder in the next patch "Ixwa Strike"! Are you excited?

The Devblog Link: https://warthunder.com/en/news/7078-development-f8u-2-crusader-the-last-of-the-gunfighters-en

The Story of Cliff Judkins: http://www.fighterpilotuniversity.com/alumni-house/alumni-news/f-8-cruisaider

Credit Where Due:
https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader
http://www.vought.org/products/html/f8u-2spec.html
http://www.vought.org/products/html/f8u-2.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable-incidence_wing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader

Description A U.S. Air Force Boeing KB-50J Superfortress (BuNo 49-367) refueling two U.S. Navy Vought F-8D Crusaders from Fighter Squadron VF-111 "Sundowners" and an RF-8A from Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron VFP-63 Det.C "Eyes of the Fleet". VF-111 and VFP-63 Det.C were assigned to Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 17 October 1963 to 20 July 1964.
Date circa 1964
Source U.S. Navy photo [1] from the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) 1963-64 cruise book available at Navysite.de
Author USN

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