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    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:QF-106A Delta Dart
    Last Military Serial:AD154 USAF
    Construction Number:8-24-117
    Compressed ID:Convair QF-106A sn AD154 USAF cn 8-...
    Latest Owner or Location:California Science Center, Los Angeles, California

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    Dates

    Event

    From Unknown to October 1959

    Constructed as a F-106A-100-CO by Convair at San Diego, California, USA.
    147th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego, CA.

    26 October 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 58-0786.

    26 October 1959

    To 4750th Air Defense Wing, MacDill AFB FL.

    25 June 1960

    Transferred to 73rd Air Division, Tyndall AFB, FL.

    17 January 1961

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

    27 June 1967

    Transferred to 94th FIS, 1st FW, Selfridge AFB MI.

    26 May 1969

    Transferred to 71st FIS, 28th Air Division, Malmstrom AFB, MT.

    1 July 1971

    Transferred to 319th FIS, 24th Air Division, Malmstrom AFB, MT.

    6 April 1972

    Transferred to 460th FIS, 25th Air Division, Grand Forks AFB, ND.

    7 June 1974

    Transferred to 119th FIS, 177th FIG, New Jersey ANG, Atlantic City, NJ.

    July 1974

    Transferred to 159th FIS, 125th FIG, Florida ANG, Jacksonville, FL.
    Operated with markings: 14, Florida

    From September 1986 to October 1986

    F-106A 58-0786 of the 159 FIS Jacksonville ANG, FL was painted with a solid yellow color tail used during William Tell 1986 (WT86) as a Visual ID Target during some of the WT86 mission profiles. None of the ID Targets competed. The markings were some kind of press-on material that was removed after the meet.

    29 December 1986

    Transferred to 119th FIS, 177th FIG, New Jersey ANG, Atlantic City, NJ.

    24 February 1987

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FN115.

    17 June 1991

    To AEL Inc, East Alton IL.
    Drone conversion.

    27 September 1991

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n AD154 as a QF-106A.

    26 August 1996

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    Cracked right #3 spar on manned flight, terminated. Flew 9 NULLO missions prior to termination date.

    7 April 2000

    Transported by ground. Delivered to Century Airlines Inc, El Paso International Airport, El Paso, TX.
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    9 November 2015

    To California Science Center, Los Angeles, CA.
    The Six is safely in storage at Mojave but until the California Science Center gets the new building built, which is still a couple of years out.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Convair F-106 Delta Dart The Ultimate Interceptor
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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