Hobby Master Archive

F-102

The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was designed to be an interceptor aircraft and act as the core of USAF air defenses in the late 1950s. The F-102 first appeared in service in 1956 with the task to intercept Soviet bombers. The official name for the F-102 was “Delta Dagger” but the most common term used was “Deuce”. There was 889 F-102As manufactured when production ended in September 1958. The Deuce served in Vietnam on fighter patrols and bomber escort. 15 F-102s were lost while in Vietnam.

Convair F-102 Delta Dagger 317th FIS, 21st Composite Wing, Alaskan Air Command, Alaska 1968

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F-102A Delta Dagger 56-1444, 509th FIS/405th FW Da Nang AFB, South Vietnam 1968

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F-102A Delta Dagger 0-60981, 342 AWS, 114CW, Hellenic Air Force 1974

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F-102A Delta Dagger 56-1111, 525th FIS, RAF Wethersfield, England, June 1961

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F-102A-55-CO Delta Dagger 431 FIS, Zaragoza Air Base, Spain, April 1962 Red Devils

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F-102A-55-CO Delta Dagger 32 FIS., Soesterberg, The Netherlands, Feb 1963

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F-102A Delta Dagger 56-1340, 146 FIS, 112 FIG, Greater Pittsburg IAP, ca 1975

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F-102A Delta Dagger 57th FIS, Keflavik, Iceland 1963

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F-102A Delta Dagger 56-1188, TEXAS ANG, 111th FIS, 1970s

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F-102A Delta Dagger 31802, 16 FIS, Naha AFB, Okinawa, late 1950s

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F-102 Delta Dagger 0-61409, Florida ANG, 1960s

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F-102 Delta Dagger 61210, 526th FIS, Ramstein AB, Germany 1963

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F102A Delta Dagger, USAF, #70907 460th FIS Cave Tigrim 337th FG Portland Air National Guard Base 1962

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F102A Delta Dagger, USAF, 0-61363, 196 FIS, 163 FIG, California Air National Guard, early 1970s

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F-102A Delta Dagger 56-1488, 179 FIS, Minnesota ANG, 1966 (case XX wing)

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F-102A Delta Dagger 54-1373, 199th FIS, Hawaii ANG, 1960s (case X wing)

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