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    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:F-106B-31-CO Delta Dart
    Last Military Serial:57-2510 USAF
    Construction Number:8-27-04
    Compressed ID:Convair F-106B-31-CO sn 57-2510 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Gila Bend AF Auxiallary, Gila Bend, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    From Unknown to July 1958

    Constructed as a F-106B-31-CO by Convair at San Diego, California, USA.
    24th 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 57-2510.

    28 December 1958

    To Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), Edwards AFB, CA.

    7 July 1961

    Transferred to 11th FIS, 343 FG, Duluth MAP MN.

    Circa July 1961

    34th of 35 TEST-TO-TACTICAL conversions.

    1 August 1961

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

    23 November 1962

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

    2 November 1967

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

    Circa May 1969


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection

    1 October 1979

    Command change from ADCOM to TAC.

    4 April 1984

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FN0048.

    By November 2003

    To Gila Bend AF Auxiallary, Gila Bend, AZ.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Convair F-106 Delta Dart The Ultimate Interceptor
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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