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    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:F-106A-CO Delta Dart
    Last Military Serial:56-0460 USAF
    Construction Number:8-24-10
    Compressed ID:Convair F-106A-CO sn 56-0460 USAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Minot AFB, Minot, North Dakota

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    Dates

    Event

    January 1958

    Constructed as a F-106A-CO by Convair at San Diego, California, USA.
    8th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA (To test)

    27 April 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-0460.
    #16 of 35 Test-To-Tactical Conversions. Returned to Convair in March 1961 and upgraded from TAC Conventional to Vertical instruments in 1961. Fuselage cut in half at station 412 (Aft bulkhead missile bay) and a new fuselage, cockpit section, and nose section was installed with the latest production avionics.

    27 April 1961

    To 11th FIS, 343rd FG, Duluth MAP MN.

    23 November 1964

    Transferred to Eglin AFB FL for Climate Testing.

    11 January 1965

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

    25 March 1965

    Transferred to 5th FIS Minot AFB ND.

    Circa 1968


    Photographer: Unknown

    18 May 1983

    Damaged.
    Damaged at Moose Jaw, Canada. Helicoptered back to Minot.

    20 June 1983

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    By 1994

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    By 1994

    Loaned to 5 BW/HO, Minot AFB, ND.

    August 1994

    Placed on display with Minot AFB, Minot, ND.
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    9 March 2022


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    9 March 2022


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    9 March 2022


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    9 March 2022


    Photographer: Max Sabin
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