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F8 Crusaders; compilation
Topic Started: Sat Dec 28, 2013 11:34 pm (19 Views)
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By the 1970's the Philippine Government was looking into upgrading their air force's capabilities. Various aircraft were considered, including the F-4 Phantom and F-15 Eagle. However the local US Military Mission doubted the government's ability to afford these fighters, and assessed the Philippine Air Force as incapable of operating and maintaining complex aircraft. In addition, due to the levels of corruption that existed in the country at the time the Americans had doubts on their ally's ability to properly secure technologically sensitive spare parts and related equipment. Therefore, as a compromise, the Philippine government was offered (and subsequently purchased) 35 secondhand U.S. Navy F-8Hs that were stored at Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona in late 1977.

Twenty-five of them were refurbished by Vought and the remaining 10 were used for spare parts. As part of the deal, the U.S. would train Philippine pilots in using the TF-8A. They were mostly used for intercepting Soviet bombers. However poor maintenance meant that availability rates steadily declined, and by 1988 all the aircraft were grounded. The surviving F-8 Crusaders were finally withdrawn from service in 1991 after they were badly damaged by the Mount Pinatubo eruption, and have since been offered for sale as scrap.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwg9j53InxY&feature=youtu.be

List of former aircraft of the Philippine Air Force
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_aircraft_of_the_Philippine_Air_Force

Vought F-8 Crusader
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader
Edited by Flipzi, Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:19 pm.
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