page_title: Vought F-8 Crusader
section_title: France
hierarchical_section_title: Vought F-8 Crusader / Aircraft on display / France
caption_attribution_description: English: A Vought F-8P Crusader displayed at the musée des ailes anciennes (Toulouse, France) Français&#160;: Un Vought F-8P Crusader exposé au musée des ailes anciennes (Toulouse, France)
context_page_description: The Vought F-8 Crusader is a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft built by Vought for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps, and for the French Navy. The first F-8 prototype was ready for flight in February 1955. The F-8 served principally in the Vietnam War. The Crusader was the last American fighter with guns as the primary weapon, earning it the title "The Last of the Gunfighters".
  The RF-8 Crusader was a photo-reconnaissance development and operated longer in U.S. service than any of the fighter versions. RF-8s played a crucial role in the Cuban Missile Crisis, providing essential low-level photographs impossible to acquire by other means. United States Navy Reserve units continued to operate the RF-8 until 1987.
context_section_description: F-8E(FN)
  151732 (French Navy Side Number 1) – Musee des Avions de Chasse, Beaune.
  151750 (French Navy Side Number 19) – Musée des Ailes Anciennes, Toulouse.
  F-8P
  151733 (French Navy Side Number 3) – Lann Bihoue Airport, Le Meneguen.
  151735 (French Navy Side Number 4) – Musee Europeen de lAviation de Chasse, Montelimar-Ancone.
  151738 (French Navy Side Number 7) – Aeronavale Base, Landivisau.
  151741 (French Navy Side Number 10) – Musee de l air et de l Espace, (The Air and Space Museum), Paris, France.
  151742 (French Navy Side Number 11) – Musee de l aeronautique navale, Rochefort.
  151754 (French Navy Side Number 23) – Aeronavale Base, Landivisau.
  151760 (French Navy Side Number 29) – Aeronavale Base, Landivisau.
  151767 (French Navy Side Number 36) – Musee des Avions de Chasse, Beaune.
  151768 (French Navy Side Number 37) – Airport in Cuers.
  151770 (French Navy Side Number 39) – Aeronavale Base, Landivisau.
caption: A French F-8P on display at Toulouse
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