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Home Town Jacksonville Beach
Last Address 345 Orchis Road St. Augustine South, St. Augustine, FL 32086
While on kume (Det 2, 623 AC&W Sq.) F-8 fighter bombers from the USS Ranger Battle Group provided "Faker" enemy aircraft during war game missions for the 313th Air Division. We intercepted them with our F-102's but the results were poor as the "enemy" was able to break thru our line and "bomb" Naha Air Base several times. Looking back; these were probably training missions for the later bombing of Hanoi and Hipoing during the Viet Nam War.
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F-8 Crusader Details
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The Vought F-8 Crusader (originally F8U) was a single-engine, supersonic, carrier-based air superiority jet aircraft built by Vought for the United States Navy and the Marine Corps, replacing the Vought F7U Cutlass