The Overlooked Role of the Vought RF-8A and VFP-62 in the Cuban Missile Crisis

U.S. Navy and Marine Corps RF-8A Crusaders played an important, often forgotten, high-speed low-level and dangerous recon role during a time the world was on the brink. Backyard Threat On Oct. 14, 1962, United States Air Force Major Richard Heyser flew a Lockheed U-2 belonging to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from Edwards Air Force […] The post The Overlooked Role of the Vought RF-8A and VFP-62 in the Cuban Missile Crisis appeared first on The Aviationist.

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The Overlooked Role of the Vought RF-8A and VFP-62 in the Cuban Missile Crisis
RF-8A and VFP-62 in the Cuban Missile Crisis

U.S. Navy and Marine Corps RF-8A Crusaders played an important, often forgotten, high-speed low-level and dangerous recon role during a time the world was on the brink. Backyard Threat On Oct. 14, 1962, United States Air Force Major Richard Heyser flew a Lockheed U-2 belonging to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from Edwards Air Force […]

The post The Overlooked Role of the Vought RF-8A and VFP-62 in the Cuban Missile Crisis appeared first on The Aviationist.