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US Emergency Aid F-8J Crusaders upgraded after the Yom Kippur war along side the US Emergency Aid A-4E/F Skyhawks...

- 2x 30mm DEFA cannons in place of the 4x 20mm Colt cannons. Upper 20mm gun ports are blanked off and 30mm DEFA barrels extend out of lower 20mm gun ports.

- Vector RWR display installed in cockpit.

- Modified for Israeli weapons.

- Wet wing pylons utilized with drop tanks.

- IRST removed (like the French Navy the IAF found the system to be more trouble then it was worth).

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Israeli Aircraft Industries 'Super Lochem' project leverages the Vought V-1000 International Fighter Aircraft proposal and upgrades the engine to the J79 (more power and less weight) common to the IAF Kurness and Kfir...

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1 hour ago, dtmdragon said:

US Emergency Aid F-8J Crusaders upgraded after the Yom Kippur war along side the US Emergency Aid A-4E/F Skyhawks...

- 2x 30mm DEFA cannons in place of the 4x 20mm Colt cannons.

- Vector RWR display installed in cockpit.

- Modified for Israeli weapons.

- Wet wing pylons utilized with drop tanks.

- IRST removed (like the French Navy it was found to be more trouble then it was worth).

Israeli Aircraft Industries 'Super Lochem' project leverages the Vought V-1000 International Fighter Aircraft proposal and upgrades the engine to the J79 common to the IAF Kurness and Kfir…

 

Looks pretty cool, but wasn´t there in the past already an IDAF F-8? :stars:

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