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    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:F-102A-55-CO Delta Dagger
    Last Military Serial:56-1008 USAF
    Compressed ID:Convair F-102A-55-CO sn 56-1008 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Experience, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, Michigan

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-102A-55-CO.

    Circa 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-1008.

    1957

    Transferred to 2nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group, Suffolk County AFB, NY.

    Circa 1958

    Transferred to 86th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 502nd Air Defense Group, Youngstown, OH.

    By 1960

    Transferred to 525th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 36th Tactical Fighter Wing, Bitburg AB, West Germany.

    Circa 1962

    Transferred to 199th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (ANG), 154th Fighter-Interceptor Group, Hickam AFB, HI.

    Circa 1966

    Transferred to 152nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (ANG), Tucson, AZ.

    From Circa 1968 to 1970

    Transferred to 118th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (ANG), 103rd Fighter-Interceptor Group, Bradley ANGB, CT.

    18 June 1970

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FJ145.

    May 1985

    Scrapped.
    Salvaged.

    By June 2004

    To Air Zoo, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, MI.
    Only the cockpit section survives here.
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    24 September 2007


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    To Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Experience, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, MI.
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