The Interceptor with No Gun: F-106 Delta Dart's Nuclear Rocket | Aviation And History

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The Convair F-106 Delta Dart was the main all-weather interceptor jet of the United States Air Force for almost 20 years. Designed from scratch as the so-called [QUOTE] "Ultimate Interceptor," pilots would reportedly fight each other to fly it. It had one mission, and it had to be fast. With a sleek body and missiles tucked in an internal weapons bay, it could reach speeds over 1,500 miles-per-hour to intercept the Soviet Union's long-range bombers. And, as one bizarre incident would show... it

NOW ON DISPLAY! The last dedicated interceptor in the U.S. is the latest aircraft to come out of the Restoration Hangar. We rolled out the Convair F-106 Delta Dart sporting the Spittin Kittens paint scheme from its time with the 5th FIS at Minot AFB in North Dakota as lightning struck in the distance. | Pima Air and Space Museum

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