And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Specifically, it's F-8E(FN). It differed from the USN/USMC F-8E by adding larger horizontal stabilators, modified flaps & ailerons, boundary layer control system & provisions for the MATRA 530 missile.
All these French A/C improvements became the basis for a remanufacturing program to upgrade the performance & extend the service life of the US F-8 fleet until the last of the WWII era Essex class carriers were retired.
French Navy F-8?
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F-8 Crusader (is it okay to say that word?}
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DeleteSpecifically, it's F-8E(FN). It differed from the USN/USMC F-8E by adding larger horizontal stabilators, modified flaps & ailerons, boundary layer control system & provisions for the MATRA 530 missile.
DeleteAll these French A/C improvements became the basis for a remanufacturing program to upgrade the performance & extend the service life of the US F-8 fleet until the last of the WWII era Essex class carriers were retired.
More than you wanted know; I'm sure.