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    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:QF-106A Delta Dart
    Last Military Serial:58-0782 USAF
    Construction Number:8-24-113
    Compressed ID:Convair QF-106A sn 58-0782 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Tyndall AFB, FL

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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.
    142nd F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA.

    Circa 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 58-0782.

    5 November 1959

    Transferred to 4750th TS, MacDill AFB, FL.

    29 April 1960

    Transferred to 4756th ADW, Tyndall AFB, FL.

    25 June 1960

    Transferred to 73rd AD, Tyndall AFB, FL.

    Loaned to NASA.
    Used as an astronaut flight proficiency aircraft with assignment locations of Langley, VA (1961), Ellington AFB, TX (1962),and possibly Patrick AFB, FL.

    6 April 1962

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

    27 June 1969

    Transferred to 71st FIS, Malmstrom AFB, MT.

    1 July 1971

    Transferred to 319th FIS, Malmstrom AFB, MT.

    12 April 1972

    Transferred to 460th FIS, Grand Forks AFB, ND.

    September 1972


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
    Notes: With 460th FIS. Taken during William Tell 1972.

    7 June 1974

    Transferred to 194th FIS, 144th FIG, CA ANG, Fresno, CA.

    By November 1980


    Photographer: Unknown

    31 July 1983

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

    29 December 1986

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

    17 March 1987

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FN122.

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FN122.

    6 May 1991

    Transferred to AEL Inc, East Alton, IL.
    Sent to AEL for drone conversion.

    Converted to a QF-106A.

    25 September 1991

    To Tyndall AFB, FL.
    On - To as QF-106 drone S/N AD147.

    30 March 1993

    Destroyed.
    Shot down on 5th NULLO by an AIM-120 from a Sea Harrier.
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