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F-106 DELTA DART

The Convair Model 8-24 (F-106 Delta Dart) or 'Six' was an American single-seater all-weather interceptor in service from 1959 to 1988. The Convair Model 8-24 (F-106 Delta Dart) was powered by a Pratt and Whitney J75-P-17 turbojet providing a top speed of Mach 2.27 and a range of 2400 km with drop tanks and no armaments or 790 km fully laden and with drop tanks. The Convair Model 8-24 (F-106 Delta Dart) could carry up to 2000 lb of disposable armaments in two lower-fuselage weapon bays, and generally comprised four air-to-air missiles, and was sometimes equipped with a General Electric M61A1 Vulcan rotary six-barrel 20 mm cannon in the rear part of the weapons bay.
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