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    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:QF-106A Delta Dart
    Last Military Serial:AD183 USAF
    Construction Number:8-24-156
    Compressed ID:Convair QF-106A sn AD183 USAF cn 8-...
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Air Force

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    Dates

    Event

    From Unknown to January 1960

    Constructed as a F-106A-105-CO by Convair at San Diego, California, USA.
    193rd F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego, CA.

    12 February 1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 59-0027.

    12 February 1960

    To 319th FIS, Detroit Air Defense Sector, Bunker Hill AFB, IN.
    Markings added: FE-027

    12 February 1963

    Transferred to 71st FIS, 1st FW, Selfridge AFB, MI.

    15 January 1967

    Transferred to 71st FIS, 328th FW, Richards-Gebuer AFB, MO.

    28 June 1968

    Base of operations changed.
    Malmstrom AFB, MT.

    12 November 1968

    Base of operations changed.
    Deployed to Osan AB, South Korea, in response to the USS Pueblo incident.

    28 April 1969

    Transferred to 94th FIS, Osan AB, South Korea.
    Transferred to the 94th FIS when the 71st FIS was rotated back to the United States.

    20 November 1969

    Transferred to 94th FIS, 1st FW, Selfridge AFB, MI.

    1 December 1969

    Base of operations changed.
    Wurtsmith AFB, MI.

    1 July 1971

    Transferred to 2nd FIS, 23D Air Division, Wurtsmith AFB, MI.

    1 March 1973

    Transferred to 171st FIS, 191st FIG, Michigan ANG, Selfridge AFB, MI.

    26 May 1978

    To 119th FIS, 177th FIG, New Jersey ANG, Atlantic City NJ.
    Markings added: New Jersey

    Circa August 1987


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection

    14 April 1988

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FN180.

    29 January 1992

    To AEL Inc, East Alton IL.
    For drone conversion.

    29 April 1992

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n AD183 as a QF-106A.

    1 December 1994

    Destroyed in a crash.
    Crashed on 1st NULLO, Pitch oscillations on take-off, TRT failure.
    Credits
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     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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