"Juvat" wrote in message

Jim Thomas posted:


F-102s were stationed in Thailand, in 1967, primarily as weather
recon aircraft.

Didn't they have a rather short radius of action? (Can't recall seeing
a picture of one on "the boom" thinking they're like B-57s...no air
refueling capability...but I could be VERY wrong on that score)

http://home.att.net/~jbaugher1/f102_1.html

"The F-102A was not equipped at the factory for midair refuelling. However,
there were some examples of the F-102A that were fitted in the field with
probe and drogue inflight-refuelling probes mounted immediately aft of the
cockpit on the right-hand side of the fuselage. These were fitted for the
purpose of ferrying aircraft from the US to Southeast Asia. The probes were
removed upon arrival. Some ANG F-102As were also fitted with these midair
refuelling probes. "



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