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Convair F-102 Delta Dagger

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Convair F-102 Delta Dagger

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The F-102 was developed

from the XF-92A delta wing

research aircraft of the late

1940s. 1940s.

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XF-92

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XF-92 at

Edwards

AFB

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The YF-102 made its first

flight on 24 October 1953,

but was lost to an accident

nine days laternine days later

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The first operational service

of the F-102A was in April

1956, and eventually a total

of 889 were built

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The USAF Air Defense

Command had F-102 Delta

Daggers in service in 1960

and the type continued to

serve in large numbers with serve in large numbers with

both Air Force and Air

National Guard units well

into the 1970s.

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F-102A with Soviet TU-95

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