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Alan Minyard writes:
On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 17:43:17 -0400, av8r
wrote:
Hi Peter
The first operational deployment to Viet by F-102's was actually on the
21st of March 1962. Deuces of the 509th FIS deployed to Tan Son Nhut.
They returned 8 days later on the 29th. For the next year during Water
Glass ops, they rotated every six weeks with U.S. Navy AD5Q's.
Project Bell Tone 1 commenced in December 1960 with six F-100D's of the
510th TFS were deployed to Don Muang Airport. They were replaced by six
F-102A's of the 509th FIS nine months later.
Peter, let's keep this thread going if possible. It's extremely
interesting. Are you interested in F-102 losses in country?
I used to love watching the F-102's of the 59th FIS roaring around while
I was at Goose Bay, Labrador (June 64-June 67). The odd time a Deuce of
the 57th FIS would come down from Kef for a visit. Lots of good Bear
hunting back in those days too.
Cheers...Chris
Does anyone know what the accidental lose rate for the -102 was? I
have heard that it was pretty high, which for an early single engine
delta is easy to believe.
Check out the USAF Safety Office at:
http://afsafety.af.mil/AFSC/RDBMS/Fl...aft_stats.html
They've got stats on all manner of stuff, from 1950 on, ranging, with
some holes, from F-47s to the F-22, and all manner of types in
between.
According to them, the F-102 had a lifetime Class A accident rate of
13.69/100K flight hours, with 357 Class A accidents between 1953
(first loss), to 1981 (last loss)
For a bit of context, here are some of the other fighter's lifelim
numbers for the Class A rate:
F-84 52.86
F-86 44.18
F-89 24.54
F-100 21.22
F-101 14.65
F-102 13.69
F-104 30.63
F-105 17.83
F-106 9.47
F-4 4.64
F-5 8.82
F-15 2.47
F-16 4.19
The Century Series and later numbers don't include combat losses.
I can't tell if that's the case for the F-84 adn F-86.
It ought to be noted that in 2 years of service, about half of all teh
F-84s built had been written off.
--
Pete Stickney
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many
bad measures. -- Daniel Webster