This stunning photograph shows a pilot ejecting from a Vought F-8 Crusader, a single-engine carrier-based jet capable of ...

The F-8 Crusader saw extensive action during the ... using superior tactics and teamwork to maximize the aircraft's strengths in aerial combat. Armed with four 20mm Colt Mk 12 cannons mounted ...

The Crusader quickly gained a reputation as an “ensign killer.” Pilot Joe Phaneuf recalls the tension raised by the F-8’s high landing speed: “The [aircraft carrier] always had to make ...