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intro
starting at the nose and Hughes MC-3 fire control system
air inlets
Armament incl. AIM-26 Falcon nuclear missile
delta wing, transonic drag, area rule theory
main landing gear
Pratt & Whitney J57-P-25 afterburning turbojet engine
tail design
in-air refuelling
cockpit
SAGE = Semi-Automatic Ground Environment
In January 1950 the US Air Force Material Command issued a request for proposal for a fire-control system (FCS).
In June 1950 a request for proposal was issued for an airframe
The prototype YF-102 made its first flight on 23 October 1953. Nine days later it was lost in an accident
A more powerful model of the engine was also fitted
The F-102A had a three-segment internal weapons bay under the fuselage for air-to-air missiles.
Later the F-102 was upgraded to carry two GAR-11/AIM-26 Nuclear Falcon missiles in the center bay.
A two-seat trainer, the TF-102A was developed to train F-102A pilots: 111 TF-102A were produced
During the Vietnam War the F-102 flew fighter patrols and served as bomber escorts
In 1968 all F-102s were returned to the US. 14 F-102s were lost during the war.
The F-102 was exported to both Turkey and Greece. Turkish F-102s saw combat during the invasion of Cyprus.