[USMCVet]

"I guess you never heard of the Buff runs on Hanoi during Linebacker I and II."

So the F-102s were there to intercept B-52s? Not very sporting...

I reiterate: the F-102s didn't have any place to hang bombs, no gun, and the NVA didn't have TU-95s. So what earthly use would we have had for F-102s? They would have just used up the fuel and revetment space we needed for real warfighters.

[Kozak]

Squadron Service of F-102A

82nd Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Naha AB, Okinawa, 1966 to May 1971. In 1968, deployed F-102As to Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam. Inactivated at Naha May 1971, last PACAF active-duty PACAF squadron.

509th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Clark AB, Philippines and Tan Son Nhut AB, Vietnam, 1959 to 1970. In 1968, detachments were sent to Da Nang AB and Tan Son Nhut AB in Vietnam and to Don Muang in Thailand. Inactivated July 1970.

Guess someone who knew something about actually flying fighters disagreed with you.