Editing Convair F-102 Delta Dagger (section)

===Introduction to service===
In June 1956, operational use of the F-102A commenced, the first unit to be equipped with the type being the [[327th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron]], which was initially based at [[George Air Force Base]].<ref name="Pea p34">Peacock 1986, p. 34.</ref><ref name = "Becker p.82">Becker 2012, p. 82.</ref> In June 1958, the 327th was redeployed to [[Thule Air Base]] on [[Greenland]], the USAF's northernmost base, which permitted the interception of Soviet aircraft at a greater distance from the continental United States.<ref name = "Becker p.83">Becker 2012, p. 83.</ref> Other overseas units, such as the [[United States Air Forces in Europe]] (USAFE) and the [[57th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron]], based at [[Keflavik]], [[Iceland]], would similarly adopt the type and as such used the F-102 in the interceptor role through into the early 1970s until it was displaced by the arrival of newer fighter aircraft.<ref name = "Becker p.8386">Becker 2012, pp. 83-86.</ref> Typical interceptions included Soviet long range reconnaissance flights and bomber patrols over the [[Atlantic Ocean]] along with various aircraft that were flying to and from [[Cuba]].<ref name = "Becker p.84">Becker 2012, p. 84.</ref>

The F-102's official name, "Delta Dagger", was never used in common parlance, with the aircraft being universally known as the "Deuce".<ref name = "Becker p.75"/> The TF-102 was known as the "Tub" because of its wider fuselage to accommodate its side-by-side twin seating arrangement.<ref name = "Becker p.80">Becker 2012, p. 80.</ref>

During the decades in which the F-102A was in service, several new wing designs were used to experiment with the application of increased conical camber to the wings. Ultimately, a design was selected that actually increased elevon area, reduced takeoff speed, improved the supersonic L/D ratio and increased the aircraft's ceiling to 56,000&nbsp;ft (17,069&nbsp;m). A modification was required to the landing gear doors due to the wing redesign.

By 1960, the [[Air Defense Command]] (ADC) had F-102 Delta Daggers in service. Throughout the 1960s, a considerable number of the ADC's TF-102s and F-102s were stationed at [[Perrin AFB]], Texas, for the purpose of training new F-102 pilots. They also provided platform training on flight characteristics of delta-winged aircraft for pilots who were destined to fly the B-58 Hustler bomber for the [[Strategic Air Command]] (SAC).

The type continued to serve in large numbers with both Air Force and [[Air National Guard]] units well into the 1970s. [[George W. Bush]], later [[President of the United States]], flew the F-102 in the [[147th Reconnaissance Wing|147th Fighter Interceptor Group]] based at [[Ellington AFB]] in [[Houston, Texas]] as part of his [[Texas Air National Guard]] service from 1968 to 1972.<ref>[http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/gwbush/essays/biography/1 "George Walker Bush (1946– )."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211142602/http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/gwbush/essays/biography/1 |date=11 February 2010 }} ''millercenter.org.'' Retrieved: 27 October 2010.</ref>