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    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:F-102A-70-CO Delta Dagger
    Last Military Serial:56-1268 USAF
    Compressed ID:Convair F-102A-70-CO sn 56-1268 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:San Diego Air and Space Museum, Gillespie Field Annex, Gillespie Field, San Diego, California

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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 56-1268.

    22 July 1974

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FJ0234.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to The USAF Airman Heritage Museum, Kelly Field (formerly Kelly AFB), San Antonio, TX.
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    November 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Kelly Field Heritage Museum, Kelly AFB, TX

    Loaned to San Diego Air and Space Museum, San Diego, CA.

    By March 2002

    Placed on display with San Diego Air and Space Museum, Gillespie Field Annex, Gillespie Field, San Diego, CA.
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    18 October 2004


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    18 October 2004


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    27 February 2009


    Photographer: Bill Kistler

    1 June 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At the 2013 Wings Over Gillespie Airshow, San Diego, California.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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