What was the last Gunfighter?
Of course we're talking Aircraft.
Too quick. How did you know that? I was fire control in the day and we didn't know that. Phantoms got the glory they were fast and ugly.
Of course we're talking Aircraft.
Too quick. How did you know that? I was fire control in the day and we didn't know that. Phantoms got the glory they were fast and ugly.
Anonymous
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The F-8 Crusader was the last fighter designed with guns. The last gun kill by a US fighter pilot was in a Crusader in Vietnam. While the A-10 isn't a fighter, it was the last aircraft to be credited with an aerial gun kill. This occurred during Operation Desert Storm in 1991 and it nailed a helicopter. I believe the last gun kill by a fighter aircraft occurred in 1982 when Israeli F-4 Phantoms destroyed 6 MIG 21's in flight. Five were missile kills and one was a gun kill.
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The Chance-Vought F-8 Crusader
Pilsner Man
Phantom, Ugly? The A-8 looks like the A-7 SLUF on steroids.
Max Cruise
If I had read your question four hours ago I would have answered the Vought F-8 Crusader. Alas, I was sound asleep when you posted the question.
The motto of Crusader pilots:
"When you are out of F-8's, you are out of fighters."
F-8's still trained for dogfighting after all the F-4 squadrons trained for intercept missions.
Fox
F 8 crusader.... it's even sometimes called last of the gunfighters