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    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:F-102A-45-CO Delta Dagger
    Last Military Serial:55-3393 USAF
    Compressed ID:Convair F-102A-45-CO sn 55-3393 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Sun Valley Aviation, Tucson, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

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

    1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 55-3393.

    Circa 1956

    To 11th FIS, 343D Fighter Group, Duluth International Airport, MN.
    Markings added: U.S. AIR FORCE, FC-393

    Circa 1958

    Transferred to 47th FIS, 15th Fighter Group, Niagara Falls Municipal Airport, NY.

    Transferred to 4780th ADW, Perrin AFB, TX.

    Transferred to 496th FIS, 86th Air Division, Hahn Air Base, West Germany.
    Operated with markings: U.S. AIR FORCE, FC-393

    1963

    Transferred to 32nd FIS, 86th Air Division, Soesterberg Air Base, Netherlands.

    1964

    Transferred to 496th FIS, 86th Air Division, Hahn Air Base, West Germany.

    Transferred to 4780th ADW, Perrin AFB, TX.

    By 1969

    Transferred to 178th FIS, 119th FIG, North Dakota ANG, Fargo ANGB, ND.
    Operated with markings: THE Happy Hooligans, U.S. AIR FORCE, NORTH DAKOTA

    1969


    Photographer: NDANG
    Notes: Photo taken over Alaska during the NDANGs deployment there in 1969.

    20 November 1969

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FJ037.

    9 January 1970

    Declared surplus.

    1 February 1977

    To Sun Valley Aviation, Tucson, AZ.
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