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    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:TF-102A-45-CO Delta Dagger
    Last Military Serial:56-2364 USAF
    Construction Number:8-12-96
    Compressed ID:Convair TF-102A-45-CO sn 56-2364 US...
    Latest Owner or Location:Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TF-102A-45-CO.

    Circa 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-2364 and operated with these markings: 62364.

    Circa 1957

    To 48th FIS, 85th Air Division, Langley AFB, VA.

    Transferred to 64th FIS, 326th Fighter Group, McChord Field, WA.

    After April 1960

    Transferred to 59th FIS, Goose Air Defense Sector, Goose Air Base, Labrador, Canada.

    Transferred to 179th FIS, 148th FIG, Minnesota ANG, Duluth IAP, MN.

    By 1971

    Transferred to 186th FIS, 120th FIG, Montana ANG, Great Falls ANGB, MT.

    By 1973

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

    8 May 1975

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FJ380.

    15 May 1975


    Photographer: Peter B Lewis
    Notes: At Davis Monthan

    13 August 1983

    To Federal Aviation Authority, Los Angeles, CA.

    Placed on display with Sacramento Metro AP, CA.

    Dumped in Centerfield, CA, in very poor condition.

    September 2006

    To Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, CA.
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    To Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, CA.
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    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin

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