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The two served in the NAVY and the Skyray in the Marines as well.
Sources claim that the Skyray was the first NAVY fighter to break the sound barrier in horizontal flight but anyway the Tiger was very close and also the Crusader.
The Tiger was designed from the start according to the area rule and with a much inferior engine J65 of 4.5 ton thrust had better speed than the Skyray with J57 of 7.1 ton thrust ! ( mach 1.2 vs 1.1 ).
The Skyray rule was that of the high altitude interception because of a better wings lift and climb rate it was the first NAVY plane to be assigned to NORAD.
The Skyray had a radar while the Tiger only a telemeter for guns. Of the two the Tiger was a better aerobatic plane because of it's nice handling while the Skyray was having some issues with a pitch up and down while crossing mach 0.9 back and forth - a very bad trait during flight.
The NAVY and Marines got reed of both before the Vietnam war started - so they never fired in anger.

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