The Vought F-8 Crusader was a successful carrier-based fighter, serving the US and French Navies until 1999. Known as "The Last of the Gunfighters," it was the final carrier-based jet equipped ...
Some popular U.S. military aircraft have great nicknames — the Vought F-8 Crusader came to be known as the Last of the Gunfighters — while others are less than flattering: The same company's ...