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    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:PQM-102B Delta Dagger
    Last Military Serial:716 USAF
    Construction Number:8-10-491
    Compressed ID:Convair PQM-102B sn 716 USAF cn 8-1...
    Latest Owner or Location:ADWC, Tyndall AFB, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-102A-70-CO.

    Circa 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-1274.

    To 31st FIS, 10th Air Division, Wurtsmith AFB, MI.

    Base of operations changed.
    Elemendorf AFB, Alaska.

    By 1965

    Transferred to 317th FIS, Alaskan Air Command, Elemendorf AFB, AK.

    1965


    Photographer: United States Air Force
    Notes: Caption: 317th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron F-102A 2-Ship Formation, 1965. 56-1274 was retired to MASDC as FJ0361 Mar 4, 1975. Converted to PQM-102B. 56-1267 was retired to MASDC as FJ0331 Sep 29, 1974. Both aircraft were later converted to QF-102A, later to PQM-102B drones and later expended as an aerial target during the 1980s at Holloman AFB, New Mexico. Note: The plane marked as 56-1274 displayed at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska is actually 56-1053.

    Transferred to 176th FIS, 115th FIG, Wisconsin ANG, Traux Field, WI.
    Operated with markings: WISCONSIN

    By 1975

    Transferred to 102nd FIS, 106th FIG, New York ANG, Suffolk County Airport, NY.

    4 March 1975

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FJ361.

    27 October 1978

    To Sperry Flight Systems, Litchfield Park, AZ.

    After 27 October 1978

    Converted to a QF-102A.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 716 as a PQM-102B.

    To ADWC, Tyndall AFB, FL.

    The F-102A on display at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, is marked as this aircraft.
    For more information about this other airframe see this Airframe Dossier

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