Guns: 4× 20 mm (0.79 in) Colt Mk 12 cannons in lower fuselage, 125 rpg
Hardpoints: 2× side fuselage mounted Y-pylons (for mounting AIM-9 Sidewinders and Zuni rockets) and 2× underwing pylon stations holding up to 4,000 lb (2,000 kg) of payload:
Rockets:
2× LAU-10 rocket pods (each with 4× 5 inch (127mm) Zuni rockets)
Missiles:
Air-to-air missiles:
4× AIM-9 Sidewinder or Matra Magic (mounted only on F-8E(FN) of French Navy)
Air-to-surface missiles:
2× AGM-12 Bullpup
Bombs:
12× 250 lb (113 kg) Mark 81 bombs or
8× 500 lb (227 kg) Mark 82 bombs or
4× 1,000 lb (454 kg) Mark 83 bombs or
2× 2,000 lb (907 kg) Mark 84 bombs
This aircraft has been in service in only three countries' airforces on its service, the USAF, the French Aeronavale (Naval Aviation) and in my country's airforce, the Philippine Air Force (PAF). It was only retired in my country is because of the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo, covering Clark Airbase, the home of the Philippine F-8s, and suffered irreversible service. If they were not there, they would maybe still in service in the PAF. The RF-8, Reconnaissance version of the F-8, was the first recon aircraft over cuba to confirm the presence of Soviet Missiles and launchers, here by alerting the US of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The F-8s service in the French Aeronavale have been widely used, from Djibouti, to Libya to Yugoslavia, to Kosovo, before getting retired. THey are also been used by NASA to prove that supercritical wings and digital fly-by-wire are viable. They have seen limited service in the Philippine Airforce, as an interceptor of Soviet Tu-95s over within close proximity over the Philippines, and they were withdrawn in 1988, and Mt. Pinatubo essentially meant sure that they were going to be in the scrapyards.
That my friends is the Vought F-8 Crusader
The F-8 in US Navy Service
The F-8 In NASA Service
The F-8 in French Naval Aviation Service

The F-8 in Philippine Air Force Service