Subject: Vought F-8 Crusader (9 of 18)

From: [email-masked] (joseph.f.baugher)
Date: 12 Sep 94 00:22:35 GMT

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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