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Two U.S. Navy Vought F-8J Crusaders (BuNo 149155, 150317) of Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron VFP-63 drop Mk 82 227 kg bombs in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California (USA). VFP-63 used the F-8J only for training as it regularly flew the RF-8G reconnaissance version.

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1972
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U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation
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https://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/
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