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In the early 80's the Força Aérea Portuguesa needed new combat aircraft. Although initially the F-5E was selected, this was not to be. Instead 2 squadrons of the A-7 were received. This took care of the attack missions, but air defence was still in need. LTV made an offer that was eventually accepted; a squadron of modified F-8s; these aircraft had a new radome housing a more modern and powerful radar and thus the aircraft could be armed with the AIM-7 Sparrow AAM; we can see here a typical air-to-air load out. 4 AIM-9P and two AIM-7s
