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    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:GTF-102A Delta Dagger
    Last Military Serial:54-1351 USAF
    Construction Number:8-21-1
    Compressed ID:Convair GTF-102A sn 54-1351 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Selfridge Military Air Museum, Selfridge ANGB, Mount Clemens, Michigan

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TF-102A-5-CO.
    First TF-102A built.

    31 October 1955

    First flight.
    Richard L. Johnson was at the controls. It was a brief hop that was cut short because of a faulty canopy seal.

    18 November 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 54-1351.


    Photographer: USAF

    To 4780th Air Defense Wing, Perrin Air Force Base, TX.

    Redesignated as GTF-102A.

    To Chanute AFB, IL.

    April 1970


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Mi Ang (Selfridge Angb), 127 MXG/CC, Selfridge Angb, MI.

    May 1988

    Placed on display with Selfridge Military Air Museum, Selfridge ANGB, Mount Clemens, MI.
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    August 1999


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Selfridge Military Air Museum, Selfridge ANGB, MI

    8 May 2010


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Selfridge ANGB, MI, USA
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    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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