Subject: New Fighter Series--Vought F-8 Crusader (13 of 18)

From: [email-masked]
Date: 16 Sep 94 17:26:21 GMT

>From [email-masked]

As part of the Crusader upgrade program, 87 F-8Cs were remanufactured 
as F-8Ks.  Most of them were issued to Marine squadrons, although a few 
Navy utility squadrons operated them.  As compared to the F-8C, the 
F-8K featured underwing pylons and a new cockpit lighting system.  

Serials of F-8K: 

145548/145550, 145553, 145554, 145557/145560, 145562, 145565, 145566, 
145568, 145572, 145574, 145575, 145579, 145580, 145583, 145584, 
145587, 145590, 145592/145596, 145598, 145603, 146908/146911, 
146916/146918, 146931, 146933, 146936, 146937, 146939, 146941, 146944, 
146946, 146947, 146951/146953, 146955, 146956, 146960, 146961, 146963, 
146965, 146966, 146968, 146970, 146973, 146974, 146979, 146981, 
146983, 146985, 146986, 146990, 146992, 146994/146997, 146999, 147000, 
146004, 147005, 147007, 147009, 147010, 147015, 147016, 147022, 
147023, 147025, 147028/147030, 147034.  

Sources:

    Vought F-8 Crusader, Peter Mersky, Osprey, 1981.

    The Aircraft of the World, William Green and Gerald Pollinger,
    Doubleday, 1965.

    The American Fighter, Enzo Angelucci and Peter Bowers, Orion, 1987.

    United States Navy Aircraft Since 1911, Gordon Swanborough and
    Peter M. Bowers, Smithsonian, 1989.

    Ray Wagner, American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition,
    Doubleday, 1982.

    The World's Fighting Planes, William Green, Doubleday, 1968.

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