Someone must have made this meme to hurt nerds like me.
Vought’s F-8 Crusader was a Navy daytime fighter, fielded in 1955, and the first supersonic carrier-capable jet.
Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II was an attack aircraft, developed by the same company (after a merger) in response to a Navy requirement for a light attack aircraft to replace the A-4 Skyhawk. The design was heavily based on the older F-8. This was done in the early 1960s and the A-7A was flying in Sept 1965 and entered service with the Navy in 1967.
The Air Force was forced by the Army to buy a slower aircraft that would be better at close air support than their F-100 and decided to get an A-7 as well. Their variant was called the A-7D, and the first prototypes flew in 1968.
So yes, the Air Force decided to buy their own version of the A-7, a jet that was built for carrier ops and already serving in the Navy (just like with the F-4 Phantom), but that has nothing to do with the older F-8 that only ever served in the Navy and looks a lot like the A-7.
To make it worse, both jets pictured are Navy jets. Aargh
Someone must have made this meme to hurt nerds like me.
So yes, the Air Force decided to buy their own version of the A-7, a jet that was built for carrier ops and already serving in the Navy (just like with the F-4 Phantom), but that has nothing to do with the older F-8 that only ever served in the Navy and looks a lot like the A-7.
To make it worse, both jets pictured are Navy jets. Aargh
[cackles in normie]