Editing Grumman F8F Bearcat (section)

=== France and South Vietnam ===
[[File:Grumman F8F Bearcat as a monument at Nha Trang Air Base, Vietnam, 24 August 1968 (111-LC-53375).jpg|thumb|A F8F as a monument at Nha Trang Air Base, Vietnam, 1968]]
The first combat for the F8F Bearcat was during the [[French Indochina War]] (1946–1954), when nearly 200 Bearcats were delivered to the French forces in 1951.

When the war ended in 1954 and French forces withdrew, 28 surviving Bearcats were donated to [[South Vietnam]], and served with the [[Republic of Vietnam Air Force]] from 1956.<ref>Francillon 1989, pp. 252–253.</ref> The Vietnamese Bearcats were retired from 1960 onwards, replaced with [[Douglas A-1 Skyraider]]s and [[North American T-28 Trojan]]s as the [[Vietnam War]] (1957–1975) continued.<ref>Grandolini, A. "Indo-Chinese fighting: 'Cats: Grumman's superb Bearcat in Vietnam." Air Enthusiast, No. 70, July–August 1997, pp. 12–21.</ref><ref>[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1zi26_the-war-in-indochina-goes-on-121953_news "The war in Indo-China goes on."] ''The News Magazine of the Screen: Warner Pathé News,'' 12/1953. Retrieved: 18 August 2010.</ref><ref name="AI Jun93 p278-0">Manevy 1993, pp. 278–280.</ref><ref>[http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww3/f/802/17/0 "AVIA Camouflage Profiles: Grumman F8F Bearcat."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624035712/http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww3/f/802/17/0 |date=2015-06-24 }} ''Wings Palette.'' Retrieved: 18 August 2010.</ref>

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