TY - BOOK ID - 139136523 TI - F-8 Crusader : Vietnam 1963-73 AU - Davies, Peter E. AU - Laurier, Jim AU - Hector, Gareth PY - 2023 SN - 1472857526 1472857534 PB - Oxford : Osprey Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Crusader (Jet fighter plane) KW - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 KW - History KW - Aerial operations, American UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:139136523 AB - When the Vietnam War began, the F-8 was already firmly established as a fighter and reconnaissance aircraft. It entered combat as an escort for Alpha strike packages, braving the anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missiles alongside the A-4 Skyhawk bombers and meeting MiGs for the first time on 3 April 1965. Through the copious use of first-hand accounts, highly detailed battlescene artwork, combat ribbon diagrams and armament views, Vietnam air war specialist Peter E. Davies charts the successful career of the F-8 Crusader over Vietnam. ER -