The RF-8 Crusader flew at 600 knots and 5,000 feet over Cuba during the 1962 Missile Crisis, capturing the 160,000 photos that confirmed Soviet nuclear sites. Pilots risked SAMs and MiGs with no ...

In this May 1, 2011 file photo, Denny Baker, who piloted a Vought RF-8 Crusader, over North Vietnam in 1972, stands by Castle Air Museum's recently restored model. The aircraft, which was flown during ...

ATWATER — As a restoration team towed Castle Air Museum's recently refurbished RF-8 Crusader out of its hangar, Navy veteran Denny Baker stood by and watched, wearing his flight jacket with a patch on ...

The first several decades of aerial combat were fought with conventional firearms. World War I planes like the Sopwith Camel used dual Vickers .303 caliber machine guns not unlike the machine guns ...