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    Airframe Family: Vought F8U / F-8 Crusader
    Latest Model:F-8A Crusader
    Last Military Serial:145326 USN
    Compressed ID:Vought F-8A sn 145326 USN
    Latest Owner or Location:Pinal Air Park, Pinal Air Park, Marana, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F8U-1.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 145326.

    From 1959 to 1961

    Transferred to VF-24, USS Midway.

    Circa 1960

    Markings Applied: 101, NE

    Circa 1961

    Transferred to VU-1.

    Circa 1961

    Markings Applied: 27, UA

    Redesignated as F-8A.

    To World Aircraft Museum, Mercer Field, Calhoun, GA.
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    26 May 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    October 2004

    To Pinal Air Park, Pinal Air Park, Marana, AZ.
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    2008

    Scrapped.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Robert Nichols
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