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About this book:
Known to its pilots as the last of the gunfighters due to its quartet of Colt-Browning Mk 12 20mm cannon, the F-8 Crusader was numerically the most populous fighter in the US Navy at the start of America's involvement in the Vietnam conflict in 1964 – some 482 F-8C/D/Es equipped 17 frontline units. It enjoyed great success against North Vietnamese MiG-17s and MiG-21s during the Rolling Thunder campaign of 1965-68, officially downing 18 jets, which represented 53% of all MiG claims lodged by Navy squadrons during this period.