The Convair F-106 Delta Dart is an all-weather interceptor aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Convair. The F-106 was designed in response to the 1954 interceptor program.

Collections of artwork from Dick Stultz LtCol USAF (Ret), who completed a career as a combat fighter pilot with more than 5,000 flying hours, including many years in the F-106, and achieved a historically significant list of artistic endeavors as a fantastic cartoonist and aviation art creator.

This page details the development, history, lineage and operations of the Convair F-106 Delta Dart, Single-Engine Supersonic Interceptor Aircraft, the Ultimate Interceptor, with technical specifications, photos and useful databases.

This beautiful print shows "The Six" doing what she was designed to do - intercept Soviet bombers. Many such interceptions were commonplace during the Cold War period. Designed as a high altitude and high speed interceptor during the "Cold War", the F-106 Delta Dart was universally loved by all pilots who flew her.

The F-106 featured an internal weapons bay in which the primary armament of AIM-4 Falcon missiles and AIR-2 "Genie" nuclear tipped rocket were carried. The Six served from 1959 to 1981 with the US Air Force and until 1988 with Air National Guard units.

Designed as a high altitude and high speed interceptor during the "Cold War", the F-106 Delta Dart was universally loved by all pilots who flew her. Known affectionately as "The Six", the Delta Dart still holds the official speed record for a single engine jet aircraft at 1525.96 MPH set by Major Joe Rogers in December of 1959.

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Introduced in the late 1950s, the F-106 was one of the fastest fighter aircraft in the world. It's job was simple: detect, identify, intercept and destroy Soviet bombers carrying atomic weapons to American cities.

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Read about the F-106X Concept proposals by Convair for the F-106 Delta Dart Ultimate Interceptor the last of the Century Series Fighters of the Aerospace Defense Command.