“The Crusader,” a $1,400 weapon, is engraved with a cross on a shield — a symbol from the Christian Crusades — and an inscription from Psalms 144. “Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who ...

The jet was the final carrier-based fighter to have guns as its primary weapons, with many nicknaming the type "The Last of the Gunfighters." In total, 1,219 examples of the Crusader were built.