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The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger [N 2] is an interceptor aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Convair.A member of the Century Series, the F-102 was the first operational supersonic interceptor and delta-wing fighter operated by the United States Air Force (USAF).
English: In 1969, the Convair F-102A-51-CO Delta Dagger 56-0968 of the 509th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 405th Fighter Wing were Deployed to Tainan Air Base, Taiwan Date 1969
Following World War II the US Navy had little use for fast attack craft, and most of her PT boats were disposed of shortly after VJ Day.With the involvement in the Vietnam War the Navy saw a renewed need for small combatant craft for "brown water" operations, and they approached the Norwegian Westermoen company, which had built a prototype fast attack boat, the Nasty, and was currently ...
The F-101 was the first aircraft in the USAF capable of exceeding 1,000 mph (1,600 km/h). The F-102 was the first aircraft in the world to utilize area rule in its design. The F-104 was the first combat aircraft capable of Mach 2 flight, and the only aircraft in history to simultaneously hold the world speed, rate-of climb and altitude records. [4]
Evolution of the F-15 Eagle 1986 1988 1989 . 525 F-15EX Eagle II: Multirole strike fighter Boeing Defense, Space & Security Upgrade of the F-15 Eagle/F-15E 2021 [73] [78] NF-15B STOL/MTD: Technology demonstrator and research aircraft McDonnell Douglas Modified F-15 built for STOL. 1988 1991 1 F-16XL: Experimental fighter General Dynamics
The Convair XP5Y-1 prototype in 1950. It first flew on 18 April 1950 at San Diego and crashed in 1953. Convair received a request from the United States Navy in 1945 for the design of a large flying boat using new technology developed during World War II, especially the laminar flow wing and still-developing turboprop technology.
Empty beer and other alcoholic beverage bottles and cans are lined up behind the cockpit of George Pino’s 29-foot Robalo boat on Sept. 5, 2022. the day after Pino crashed into a channel marker ...
Almirante Juan de Borbón (F-102) is the second ship of the new F-100 class of air defence frigates entering service with the Spanish Navy in 2003. She is named for Infante Juan de Borbón, Count of Barcelona , father of the former King of Spain, Juan Carlos I .