Convair F-102 Delta Dagger

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The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was a Cold War-era American supersonic interceptor aircraft designed to defend U.S. airspace against Soviet bombers.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Convair F-102 Delta Dagger canonical 5
F-102 Delta Dagger 5

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf interceptor aircraft ⓘ
jet fighter ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
supersonic aircraft ⓘ
allWeatherCapability yes ⓘ
armament air-to-air missiles ⓘ
unguided rockets ⓘ
avionics Hughes MG-10 fire-control system ⓘ
configuration single-seat ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designedToCounter Soviet bombers ⓘ
developedFrom Convair XF-92 concept studies ⓘ
developedInto Convair F-106 Delta Dart ⓘ
engineModel Pratt & Whitney J57 ⓘ
engineType afterburning turbojet ⓘ
enteredANGService 1960s ⓘ
enteredOperationalServiceWith Air Defense Command ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1953-10-24 ⓘ
fuselageDesign area-ruled ⓘ
introducedIntoService 1956 ⓘ
length about 68 ft ⓘ
manufacturer Convair ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 825 mph ⓘ
about Mach 1.25 ⓘ
NATOReportingName Delta Dagger ⓘ
notableFeature delta wing planform ⓘ
internal weapons bay ⓘ
numberBuilt 1000+ ⓘ
about 1000 aircraft ⓘ
operator Hellenic Air Force ⓘ
Royal Thai Air Force ⓘ
Turkish Air Force ⓘ
United States Air National Guard ⓘ
linked to: Air National Guard
primaryArmament AIM-4 Falcon missiles ⓘ
linked to: AIM-4 Falcon
primaryMission air defense ⓘ
retiredFromUSAF 1976 ⓘ
role interceptor ⓘ
serviceCeiling about 53,000 ft ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor Convair F-106 Delta Dart ⓘ
usedBy United States Air Force ⓘ
usedFor combat air patrols in Vietnam War ⓘ
usedInConflict Vietnam War ⓘ
variant F-102A ⓘ
TF-102A ⓘ
wingspan about 38 ft ⓘ
wingType delta wing ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Convair → notableProduct → Convair F-102 Delta Dagger ⓘ
Pratt & Whitney J57 → usedInAircraft → Convair F-102 Delta Dagger ⓘ
Air Defense Command → usedAircraft → Convair F-102 Delta Dagger ⓘ
Century Series fighters → includesAircraft → F-102 Delta Dagger ⓘ
linked to: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger
Convair XF-92 → influenced → Convair F-102 Delta Dagger ⓘ
Hughes Falcon missile family → usedOnPlatform → F-102 Delta Dagger ⓘ
linked to: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger
AIM-4 Falcon → usedOnAircraft → F-102 Delta Dagger ⓘ
linked to: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger
Perrin Air Force Base → usedAircraft → F-102 Delta Dagger ⓘ
linked to: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger
Northrop F-89 Scorpion → successor → Convair F-102 Delta Dagger ⓘ
Suwon Air Base → hostedAircraft → F-102 Delta Dagger ⓘ
linked to: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger