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    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:F-102A-55-CO Delta Dagger
    Last Military Serial:56-0977 USAF
    Compressed ID:Convair F-102A-55-CO sn 56-0977 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:159th FIS, 125th FIG, Florida ANG, Jacksonville International Airport, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-102A-55-CO.

    Circa 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-0977.

    December 1956

    To 317th FIS, 325th FG, McChord AFB, WA.
    The 317th FIS flew F-102s at McChord AFB for 8 months before the unit was relocated to Elmendorf AFB in Alaska.

    Circa 1958

    Transferred to 86th FIS, 79th FG, Youngstown Municipal Airport, OH.

    From 1960 to 1969

    Transferred to 32nd FIS, 86th Air Division, Soesterberg Air Base, Netherlands.
    Operated with markings: Green Tailstripe, 86th AD Crest on right side of tail, 32nd FIS Dutch Squadron emblem on the left

    Circa 1965


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
    Notes: No unit markings on this F-102, however the presence of the IRST sensor places this photo in the mid/late 1960s.

    Circa 1966


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Note the 86th Air Division shield on the tail.

    1969

    Transferred to 132nd FIS, 101st FIG, Maine ANG, Bangor ANGB, ME.

    From 1970 to 1973

    To 159th FIS, 125th FIG, Florida ANG, Jacksonville International Airport, FL.

    30 September 1973

    Destroyed in a crash.
    Crashed near NAS New Orleans, LA. Written off.
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