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    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:PQM-102B Delta Dagger
    Last Military Serial:56-1430 USAF
    Compressed ID:Convair PQM-102B sn 56-1430 USAF
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Defense Weapons Command (ADWC), Tyndall AFB, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-102A-80-CO.

    1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-1430.

    1957

    To 37th FIS, 14th Fighter Group (Air Defense), Ethan Allen AFB, VT.

    Circa 1958

    Transferred to 18th FIS, 30th Air Division, Wurtsmith AFB, MI.

    Circa 1959

    Transferred to 11th FIS, 343D Fighter Group, Duluth MAP, MN.

    Circa 1960

    Transferred to 331st FIS, Webb AFB, TX.

    Circa 1961

    Transferred to 326th FIS, 328th FW, Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri,.

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

    By October 1972

    Transferred to 196th FIS, 163D FG, California ANG, Ontario MAP, CA.

    28 October 1972


    Photographer: Peter Bergagnini
    Notes: Taken during William Tell 1972

    5 June 1974

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FJ274.

    26 November 1979

    To Sperry Flight Systems, Litchfield Park, AZ.

    Converted to a QF-102A.

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

    Converted to a PQM-102B.

    18 February 1982

    Destroyed.
    Shot down over the Gulf of Mexico in a missile test flight from Tyndall AFB, FL.
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