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 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 ...

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.

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 ...