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    Airframe Family: Vought F8U / F-8 Crusader
    Latest Model:F-8J Crusader
    Last Military Serial:150920 USN
    Construction Number:1205
    Compressed ID:Vought F-8J sn 150920 USN cn 1205
    Latest Owner or Location:Flying Leatherneck Aviation Musem, Miramar MCAS, San Diego, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F8U-2NE.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 150920.

    1962

    Redesignated as F-8E.

    Converted to a F-8J.

    To Historical Foundation/Museum, El Toro MCAS (formerly), El Toro, CA.
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    15 August 1989


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At MCAS El Toro, CA.

    1996


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At MCAS El Toro Command Museum, CA

    By October 2003

    To Flying Leatherneck Aviation Musem, Miramar MCAS, San Diego, CA.
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    By 15 October 2004

    Markings Applied: 00, DR, 0920
    In the markings of VMF(AW)-312.

    15 October 2004


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at MCAS Miramar Airshow

    31 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed at Flying Leatherneck Aviation Musem, Miramar MCAS, San Diego, California
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
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