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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:PQM-102B Delta Dagger
    Last Military Serial:56-1345 USAF
    Compressed ID:Convair PQM-102B sn 56-1345 USAF
    Latest Owner or Location:Sperry flight Systems, Litchfield Park, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-102A-75-CO.

    Circa 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-1345.

    Circa 1957

    To 318th FIS, 325th Fighter Group (Air Defense), McChord AFB, WA.
    Markings added: FC-345

    Circa 1960

    Transferred to 64th FIS, 326th Fighter Group, Paine Field, WA.
    Operated with markings: FC-345

    By 1962

    Transferred to 76th FIS, Boston Air Defense Sector, Westover AFB, MA.
    Operated with markings: FC-345

    October 1962


    Photographer: USAF via Wiki Commons

    Transferred to 59th FIS, Goose Air Defense Sector, Goose Air Base, Labrador, Canada.

    Transferred to 159th FIS, 125th FIG, Florida ANG, Jacksonville Imeson Airport, FL.

    Transferred to 176th FIS, 115th FIG, Wisconsin ANG, Truax Field, WI.

    Transferred to 179th FIS, 148th FIG, Minnesota ANG, Duluth IAP, MN.
    Operated with markings: MINNESOTA


    Photographer: MG Wayne Gatlin via Ray Pittman via F-4 Phantom II Society
    Notes: In this rare photo, 56-1345 is sporting a one-off early test scheme for Minnesota F-102s. This scheme was not adopted by the rest of the 179th, possibly because it too closely resembled Wisconsin ANG F-102s, and would be removed from 1345.

    7 April 1971

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FJ181.

    After October 1975

    To Sperry flight Systems, Litchfield Park, AZ.

    Converted to a PQM-102B.

    Markings Applied: 816

    29 June 1982

    Shot down.
    Shot down over the Gulf of Mexico in a missile test flight from Tyndall AFB, FL.
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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