From nntpa!cbnewsd.cb.att.com!jfb200 Sun Sep 11 20:22:35 1994
Path: cbnewsd!jfb200
From: jfb200@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (joseph.f.baugher)
Newsgroups: rec.aviation.military
Subject: Vought F-8 Crusader (9 of 18)
Keywords: DF-8F drone controller
Message-ID: <CvzqDo.FKB@cbnewsd.cb.att.com>
Date: 12 Sep 94 00:22:35 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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The designation DF-8F was assigned to a few F-8As converted into target 
controllers.  These appear to be distinct from the DF-8A (F8U-1D) 
target controllers, but I have few details.  Anyone have any 
information? 

Sources:

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

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

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

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