F-8J 'Lochem' (Warrior)

[+dtmdragon 2,703]

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).

 

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...

Edited August 7, 2020 by dtmdragon

[Stratos 3,188]

Beautiful!!

[+Soulfreak 6,524]

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? 

[Spinners 15,986]

34 minutes ago, Soulfreak said:

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

Is that important?

[+Soulfreak 6,524]

49 minutes ago, Spinners said:

Is that important?

Nope. ;-)

It´s anyway cool! 

[dsawan 624]

Plz release when can?

[+dtmdragon 2,703]

1980's Air defense grey....

[dsawan 624]

deserves a release.