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Reply To: Why the love for the Super Crusader? (XF8U-3 Crusader III)

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MadRat
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You won’t find literature showing Sidewinder on XF8U-3 because at the time heatseekers were considered a lesser capability. The AIM-9 on F-8 mounted on rails. Sparrow was dropped. Why wouldn’t Sidewinder still fit in its traditional locations on the Crusader family the same on Crusader III? Pretty sure the Sidewinder-free look was about politics