RF-8 Crusader Units over Cuba and Vietnam

RF-8 Crusader Units over Cuba and Vietnam cover

Description

Although the Crusader was built first and foremost as a Navy interceptor, as has often been the tradition with US fighters, a photo-reconnaissance variant was also produced by Vought. The photo-bird's first operational test came in the autumn of 1962 when its overflights of Cuba alerted the world to the likely presence of medium-range ballistic missiles on the Caribbean island. The recce Crusader's next action came during the long years of the Vietnam War (1955-1975). This volume is the second of two in the Combat Aircraft series devoted to the Crusader, the first title (again by Peter Mersky) having covered the F-8 fighter variants, and their MiG-killing exploits, during the Vietnam War.

Table of Contents

Introduction/Cuban Crisis/Early Operations in South-East Asia/1965-68 - Missions and Losses Mount/Getting the Coverage/1972-75 - The Last Campaigns/Appendices

Product details

Published Mar 01 1999
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 98
ISBN 9781855327825
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 100 b/w; 40 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Combat Aircraft
Short code COM 12
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Peter Mersky

Peter Mersky is a retired Navy Commander with 23 y…

Illustrator

Tom Tullis

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