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    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:F-102A-25-CO Delta Dagger
    Last Military Serial:53-1816 USAF
    Construction Number:8-10-026
    Compressed ID:Convair F-102A-25-CO sn 53-1816 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Gowen Field Air National Guard Base, Boise Gowen Field Air Terminal Airport, Boise, Idaho

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-102A-25-CO.

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-1816.

    Circa 1954

    To Air Proving Ground Center, Eglin AFB, FL.
    Markings added: FC-816

    Circa 1955


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Note the early short tail. The emblem denotes this jet as belonging to the USAF Air Proving Ground.

    Circa 1957

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

    January 1960

    Transferred to 496th FIS, 86th FIW, Hahn AB, West Germany.

    June 1964

    Transferred to 190th FIS, 124th FIG, Idaho ANG, Gowen Field, Boise, ID.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to ID ANG (Boise), 124 FW, Boise, ID.

    Placed on display with Gowen Field Air National Guard Base, Boise Gowen Field Air Terminal Airport, Boise, ID.
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    August 1991


    Photographer: Jacqueline Fischer
    Notes: Boise, ID

    1 August 2022


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    1 August 2022


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    1 August 2022


    Photographer: Max Sabin
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     Convair F-102 Delta Dagger by Wayne Mutza
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    Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Peter Nicholson
    Max Sabin
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