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    Airframe Family: Vought F8U / F-8 Crusader
    Latest Model:F-8J Crusader
    Last Military Serial:150864 USN
    Construction Number:1148
    Compressed ID:Vought F-8J sn 150864 USN cn 1148
    Latest Owner or Location:Saylor Creek Air Force Range, Glenns Ferry, Idaho

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F8U-2NE.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 150864.

    1962

    Redesignated as F-8E.

    Converted to a F-8J.

    Transferred to VF-194, NAS Fallon, NV.

    Markings Applied: 202

    12 March 1976

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 2F0389.

    3 November 1987

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FC0026.
    Transferred to the USAF Inventory.

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    25 September 1995

    To Saylor Creek Air Force Range, Glenns Ferry, ID.
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