The Vought F-8 Crusader is a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft 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".
Vought F-8 Crusader
Two Crusaders prepare to launch from USS Midway; their variable-incidence wings are in the "up" position.
An F-8 of Oriskany intercepts a Tu-95 'Bear-B'.
Ejection from a VFP-62 RF-8A in 1963.
Vought was the name of several related American aerospace firms. These have included, in the past, Lewis and Vought Corporation, Chance Vought, Vought-Sikorsky, LTV Aerospace, Vought Aircraft Companies, and Vought Aircraft Industries.
The VE-7 was the first aircraft to launch from a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier.
USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) equipped with a trapeze and a VOUGHT bi-plane (UO-1), probably a VE-7 Bluebird, for parasite fighter tests
A formation of British Corsairs in 1944
Launch of Vought's ASAT in 1983