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    Airframe Family: Vought F8U / F-8 Crusader
    Latest Model:F-8A Crusader
    Last Military Serial:145349 USN
    Construction Number:275
    Compressed ID:Vought F-8A sn 145349 USN cn 275
    Latest Owner or Location:Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, Pueblo Memorial Airport, Pueblo, Colorado

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F8U-1.

    By 1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 145349.

    From By 1960 to 1962

    To VF-62.
    Markings added: AK-201

    Redesignated as F-8A.

    By 1962

    Markings Applied: AK-207

    By 1964

    Transferred to VF-162.
    Operated with markings: AH-201

    1964

    Transferred to VU-7.

    7 August 1968

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.
    Struck off charge at NAS Olathe, KS.

    To National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    June 1994

    To Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, Pueblo Memorial Airport, Pueblo, CO.
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    After 2005

    Restoration started.

    22 February 2011


    Photographer: John Meneely

    22 February 2011


    Photographer: John Meneely

    28 January 2015

    Joe Musso reports (28 January 2015): Plane is at approximately 90 percent restored as a static display. We are still working on rebuilding the cockpit which had been completely removed. Also, we are trying to locate missile racks and one additional hard point to mount alongside the cockpits/fuselage side.
    Your Assistance is Needed: Do you know where there are missile racks or a hard point which can be used to complete the restoration. If so please contact Aerial Visuals and we will forward a note to Mr. Musso.
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    26 August 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: Depicted in the markings this jet wore in 1964 while assigned to VF-162.
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