Hobby Master HA3112 USAF Convair F-102 Delta Dagger Interceptor - 0-61409, Florida Air National Guard, 1960s (1:72 Scale)
"Guarding America, Defending Freedom"
- Motto of the Florida Air National Guard
The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was a US interceptor aircraft built as part of the backbone of the United States Air Force's air defenses in the late 1950s. Entering service in 1956, its main purpose was to intercept invading Soviet bomber fleets.
The F-102 was the first operational supersonic interceptor and delta-wing fighter of the USAF. It used an internal weapons bay to carry both guided missiles and rockets. As originally designed, it could not achieve Mach 1 supersonic flight until redesigned with area ruling. The F-102 replaced subsonic types such as the F-89 Scorpion, and by the 1960s, it saw limited service in Vietnam in bomber escort and ground attack roles. It was supplemented by F-101 Voodoos and, later, by F-4 Phantom IIs. Many of the F-102s were transferred to United States Air National Guard duty by the mid-to-late 1960s, and the type was retired from operational service in 1976. The follow-on replacement was the Mach 2 class F-106 Delta Dart which was an extensive redesign of the F-102.
Pictured here is a 1:72 scale rendition of a Convair F-102 Delta Dagger interceptor that was attached to the Florida Air National Guard during the 1960s.
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Dimensions:
Wingspan: 6-1/4-inches
Length: 11-1/4-inches
Release Date: December 2019
Historical Account: "Sunshine" - The Florida Air National Guard (FL ANG) is the air force militia of the State of Florida and, as part of the air force militia of the United States, is part of the Air National Guard. On a state level, along with the Florida Army National Guard, it is also an element of the Florida National Guard.
As an Air Force organization, the Florida Air National Guard is also part of the Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the U.S. Air Force, a position it shares with its "federal" ARC partner, the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC).
As state militia units, the units in the Florida Air National Guard are not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command. FL ANG units remain under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Florida though the office of the Florida Adjutant General unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. This jurisdictional model of answering to state, commonwealth or territorial governors applies to all Air National Guard units in all fifty states, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with the sole exception being the District of Columbia Air National Guard, which is under the direct jurisdiction of the President of the United States through the office of the Commanding General District of Columbia National Guard.