[wildbill]

On TV last night a National Air Guard general stated that the F102 fighter wings were not deployed to Viet Nam.

I beleive he mentioned the F102 was not considered a useful plane for the Viet Nam mission and that the units flying F102s had a mission of air cap protection of the continental US.

[sonofatpatcher2]

Re: On TV last night a National Air Guard general stated that the F102 fighter wings were not deployed to Viet Nam.

There was a limited deployment of Convair F-102 "Delta Daggers" to Da Nang Air Base.

The 102's were TDY from Clark and were for air defense of the base. The crews were on "Alert" and lived in tents between the taxiway and runway. comes from Here.

[Defender2]

Active Duty F-102A/TF-102A Fighter Interceptor Squadrons were deployed to Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, Japan, The Philipines and Thailand(Southeast Asia). In Viet Nam, F-102s' were deployed to Tan Son Nhut, Bien Hoa, Danang in Viet Nam. The last F-102 F.I.S. pulling out in april, 1970. Not enough time for President Bush to have ammassed enough flying hours to have qualified for the overseas Palace Alert Program. Air National Guard pilots who had enough time ammassed before April, 1970 (At least three or four years of Flying Hours) in the F-102 did serve Palace Alert. By the time the last F-102 unit pulled out of Viet Nam as they were replaced inthis role by F-4Cs',Ds' and E's, The President simply did not have enough Flying time to qualify for Palace Alert at the time. President Bush, then a young Lt., started training on the F-4.

F-102 Units that did participate in Southeast Asia were the 509th F.I.S., 64th F.I.S., 16th F.I.S.,