The F8U Crusader was one of my faves. Stationed on an inland Navt base near Yokohama; when the Fleet was IN down at Yokosuka, the pilots would make training flights up to our base (Kami Seya), do a 180 over our mess hall and head back down to “Yo-koos-ka”, as it was pronounced. 1959-61.
I was in VMF(122) out of MCAS Beaufort. The squadron transitioned from F8U-2 to F8U-2NE. NE standing for Night Electronic. Beautiful plane; but radar was a big maintenance nightmare.