Assigned to VMCJ-3 at MCAS El Toro on acceptance in 1959 and redesignated from F8U-1P to RF-8A in 1962, then alternating between the Marines and Navy with VFP-62 at NAS Cecil Field (with whom it was converted to RF-8G in 1966), VMJ-4 at NAS Olathe and last after a period at MASDC from 1974, with VFP-63 at NAS Miramar. Went back to MASDC in 1982 where it was placed on Celebrity Row. Moved to the NNAM at Pensacola in 2007 and restored in its VFP-62 markings, unveiled in 2016

On celebrity row. Delivered as a F8U-1P in 1959. Redesignated as an RF-8A in 1962. Converted to an RF-8G in 1966. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB in 1982. Acquired by the Naval Air Museum, Barbers Point, Hawaii in 2002 but not delivered and stored at the Pima Air Museum. To the National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL in 2006.

On temporary display outside. Originally built as F8U-1P (RF-8A) in 1959. Upgraded to RF-8G in 1966.

Ready to go into the paint shop, by Nov 2016 It was on display painted as AJ-911 of VFP-62