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    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:F-106A-105-CO Delta Dart
    Last Military Serial:59-0003 USAF
    Construction Number:8-14-132
    Compressed ID:Convair F-106A-105-CO sn 59-0003 US...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    From Unknown to November 1959

    Constructed as a F-106A-105-CO by Convair at San Diego, California, USA.
    165th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego, CA

    29 November 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 59-0003.

    25 March 1960

    Transferred to 5th FIS, 32nd FG, Minot AFB ND.

    1 July 1961

    Transferred to 5th FIS, Minot Air Defense Sector, Minot AFB ND.

    7 October 1980


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
    Notes: Photo taken at Tyndall AFB, FL, during William Tell 1980.

    19 April 1982


    Photographer: Robert J. Leavitt
    Notes: Photo taken at Langley AFB, Virgina

    24 January 1985

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FN0070.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    July 1992

    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    By 1996

    Placed on display with Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At the Pima Museum, Arizona.

    16 October 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    7 March 2020


    Photographer: Richard Talley
    Notes: Stripped for restoration
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    Convair F-106 Delta Dart The Ultimate Interceptor
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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