This stunning photograph shows a pilot ejecting from a Vought F-8 Crusader, a single-engine carrier-based jet capable of ...

Seventy years ago today, on March 25, 1955, the Vought F-8 Crusader roared into the skies for the first time, marking the beginning of an illustrious career. Designed in response to the U.S. Navy ...

An Air Force pilot who shared a bond—and a prison cell—with the late Sen. John McCain is now sharing his story, as the nation ...

The Crusader’s surveillance variant served longer than its fighter sibling. In the Tonkin Gulf in 1965, aviation ordnancemen of VF-194 load an AIM‑9 Sidewinder onto an F-8 aboard the Ticonderoga.

Some pilots build airplanes just to travel far. On its 60th anniversary, pilots remember the Vought F-8 Crusader. Memorable flights and other adventures Stuck in an F-16 with no bathroom in sight.