{"id":59209,"date":"2021-08-20T08:09:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T18:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retireenews.org\/?p=59209"},"modified":"2024-08-29T18:20:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T18:20:00","slug":"check-six-f-102-aircraft-armament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/2021\/08\/20\/check-six-f-102-aircraft-armament\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Six: F-102 Aircraft Armament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2021\/08\/f102groundpilotcrewmissiles.jpg?w=512\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59210 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was an American interceptor aircraft that was built as part of the backbone of the United States Air Force&#8217;s air defenses in the late 1950s. Entering service in 1956, its main purpose was to intercept invading Soviet strategic bomber fleets (primarily the Tupolev Tu-95) during the Cold War. Designed and manufactured by Convair, 1,000 F-102s were built. (<em>Wikipedia<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of the F-102s were transferred from the active duty Air Force to the Air National Guard by the mid-to-late 1960s. The 199th Fighter Squadron flew Deuces from 1960-1976, when the conversion to the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II began.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to <strong>Randall Lum<\/strong> for assistance identifying the equipment in the photograph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The Missiles the are AIM 4 Falcon, training missile used for load training for load crew also the one laying on the ground are 2.75 (FFAR), folding fin aircraft rocket. &#8220;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Airmen sitting on the aircraft wings are the weapons load crews. Unfortunately, we can not identify any of them because of the size of the photograph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was an American interceptor aircraft that was built as part of the backbone of the United States Air Force&#8217;s air defenses in the late 1950s. Entering service in 1956, its main purpose was to intercept invading Soviet strategic bomber fleets (primarily the Tupolev Tu-95) during the Cold War. 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