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    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:QF-106B Delta Dart
    Last Military Serial:AD277 USAF
    Construction Number:8-27-44
    Compressed ID:Convair QF-106B sn AD277 USAF cn 8-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Holloman AFB, NM

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    Dates

    Event

    From Unknown to April 1960

    Constructed as a F-106B-65-CO by Convair at San Diego, California, USA.
    237th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego, CA.

    24 May 1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 58-0902.

    24 May 1960

    To 438th FIS, 507th FG, Kincheloe AFB, MI.
    Markings added: FE-902

    17 January 1961

    Transferred to 4756th Maintenance and Supply Group, Tyndall AFB FL.

    27 July 1961

    Transferred to 4756th Air Defense Group, Tyndall AFB, FL.

    4 January 1963

    Transferred to 4756th Air Defense Wing, Tyndall AFB, FL.

    27 April 1964

    To Sacramento Air Material Area, McClellan AFB, CA (SMAMA).

    5 October 1964

    Transferred to 4756th Air Defense Wing, Tyndall AFB, FL.

    2 November 1967

    Transferred to Air Defense Weapons Center (ADWC), Tyndall AFB, FL.

    Circa September 1976


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
    Notes: Photo taken at Tyndall AFB, FL, during William Tell 1976. Note the bicentennial emblem on the aircraft.

    1 October 1979

    Command change from ADCOM to TAC.

    9 April 1984

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number F106DD.

    3 March 1994

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

    7 December 1994

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n AD277 as a QF-106B.

    December 1994

    To Holloman AFB, NM.

    17 January 1997

    Shot down.
    Shot down at Tyndall on 1st NULLO by an AIM-9M.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    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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