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    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:QF-106A Delta Dart
    Last Military Serial:AD251 USAF
    Construction Number:8-24-29
    Compressed ID:Convair QF-106A sn AD251 USAF cn 8-...
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Air Force

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    Dates

    Event

    From Unknown to December 1958

    Constructed as a F-106A-CO by Convair at San Diego, California, USA.
    38th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego, CA.

    28 December 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-0240.

    28 December 1958

    To Air Force Logisitcs Command (AFLC), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH.
    Retained for testing.

    1959

    Converted to a F-106C.
    Modified to test the new AN/ASG-18 radar housing with a five-foot nose extension following the cancellation of the Model 8-28/29 project. F-106A 57-0239 was the second aircraft used for this C-model project. They were re-designated F-106C. Only 57-0239 actually flew in this configuration, and made ten flights with this new nose in 1959.

    By February 1961

    Converted to a F-106A-CO by Convair at San Diego, California, USA.

    February 1961

    No. 8 of 35 TEST-TO-TAC conversions.

    31 March 1961

    To 27th FIS, Bangor Air Defense Sector, Loring AFB ME.
    Markings added: FE-240

    6 June 1972

    Transferred to 95th FIS, 20th Air Division, Dover AFB de.

    11 January 1973

    Transferred to 119th FIS, 177th FIG, New Jersey ANG, Atlantic City ANGB, NJ.
    Operated with markings: Jersey Devils

    July 1977


    Photographer: Jerry Geer
    Notes: Photo taken at Forbes ANGB, KS.

    Circa July 1987


    Photographer: David F. Brown

    23 November 1987

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FN162.

    13 July 1993

    To AEL., East Alton IL.
    Drone conversion.

    14 October 1993

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n AD251 as a QF-106A.

    2 December 1993

    Shot down.
    Shot down on 1st NULLO by an AIM-9P.
    Credits
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    Internet Sources
     Convair F-106 Delta Dart The Ultimate Interceptor
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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