Paint technicians at Robins AFB, Ga., re-sprayed an F-102 Delta Dagger interceptor, serial number 56-1151, in the authentic color scheme that it wore serving with the 95th Fighter Interceptor Squadron in the mid 1950s when it was based at now-JB Andrews, Md. After the paint work, technicians towed the F-102 earlier this month from Robins to the nearby Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Ga., for display. The F-102, which the museum acquired in 2009, previously spent 39 years on static display at Lackland AFB, Tex. Employed to defend US airspace from Soviet bombers, Convair’s F-102 was designed as an all-weather supersonic interceptor. From 1956 to 1977, the Warner Robin Air Logistics Center was responsible for maintaining the F-102’s avionics, weapons, and control systems. (Museum of Aviation release with photos of paint restoration) (For more, see Air Force Magazine’s Airpower Classics F-102 entry.)
B-21 Temporary Shelters Could Also Shelter B-2s
March 5, 2021
The Air Force's experimental runway shelter for the new B-21 bomber is large enough to cover it or the B-2, and therefore reveals no information about the dimensions of the new aircraft. Two such shelters will be evaluated, but the maker of the second version hasn't been chosen, yet.