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    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:F-102A-75-CO Delta Dagger
    Last Military Serial:56-1393 USAF
    Construction Number:8-10-610
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-102A-75-CO.

    23 January 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-1393.

    Transferred to 327th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, George AFB, CA.

    Transferred to 4780th Air Defense Wing, Perrin AFB, TX.

    April 1961

    Transferred to Florida ANG 159th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Jacksonville APT, FL.

    Transferred to Connecticut ANG 118th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Bradley ANGB, CT.

    December 1963

    Transferred to 125th Fighter Group, Jacksonville, FL.

    24 November 1969

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FJ0041.

    12 January 1970

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC).
    Declared excess.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    1973

    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    January 1975

    Placed on display with Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    Markings Applied: 61393
    In markings of 82FIS, ADC.

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At the Pima Museum, Arizona.

    By 9 September 2011

    Markings Applied: U.S. AIR FORCE, FC-393, 61393
    In the markings of 327th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, George AFB, California, 1958.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    7 March 2020


    Photographer: Richard Talley
    Notes: Stripped during restoration

    7 November 2020


    Photographer: Richard Talley
    Notes: Fresh from restoration
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    Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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    Johnny Comstedt
    Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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