The F-106 performed well, with Mach 2.3 speed, a 57,000-foot service ceiling, and a 29,000-foot per minute climbing rate. Yet it never saw action in combat. Recently, The National Interest explained ...

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 ...

The F-106 Delta Dart was the primary all-weather interceptor aircraft for the United States Air Force from the 1960s through the 1980s. The Convair F-106A was a very extensively revised version of the ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The F-106 Delta Dart proved to be the last dedicated Air Force interceptor, and the aircraft were gradually retired by the early 1980s. Some of those aircraft were ...

Built by the now-defunct Convair Division of General Dynamics, the F-106 Delta Dart made her maiden flight on December 26, 1956, and was officially introduced into U.S. Air Force service in June 1959.