Rf-8 Crusader Units Over Cuba and Vietnam (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781855327825)

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.

Author: Peter Mersky
ISBN-10: 1855327821
ISBN-13: 9781855327825
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
Language: English
Published: 03/01/1999
Pages: 98
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.77h x 7.28w x 0.34d