48th FIS TAZLANGLIAN DEVILS 1972 F-106A Delta Dart Model, Convair, 1/50th (17") for Sale

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48th FIS TAZLANGLIAN DEVILS 1972 F-106A Delta Dart Model, Convair, 1/50th (17") For Sale

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48th FIS TAZLANGLIAN DEVILS 1972 F-106A Delta Dart Model, Convair, 1/50th (17"):
$383.00

48th FIS TAZLANGLIAN DEVILS 1972 F-106A Model

Fly with the 48th FIS TAZLANGLIAN DEVILS 1972 in this hand crafted F-106A Model. Each model is carved from wood and hand painted to provide a unique piece that will always be treasured.

Length - 17 inches
Made from Mahogany
US Veteran Owned Business
The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger.

Aircraft F-106A 7-0241 served with Oct 1958 Built; Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) Edwards AFB CA; Holloman AFB NM as a test aircraft; May 61 Upgraded with Integrated Instrument Display (IID) Conversion #29;8 Jun 61 48th FIS Langley AFB VA; 25 Jul 68 318th FIS McChord AFB WA; 12 Nov 68 48th FIS Langley AFB VA; 9 Apr 82 87th FIS KI Sawyer AFB MI; 8 Aug 85 Put into storage at MASDC as FN096; 6 Apr 93 Sent to AEL Inc East Alton IL for Drone conversion; 8 Jul 93 Sent to Tyndall AFB FL as Drone (AD240); 8 May 96 Shot down by AIM-120

48th Fighter Interceptor Squadron
'Tazlanglian Devils'

Air Division(s) Assigned:
20th Air Division
33rd Air Division

Location(s):
Langley AFB, VA

Dates Unit Was Active:
15 Sep 1960 - Mar 1982

Alert Detachment's:
Det 1, Charleston AFB, SC
Det 1, Wilmington NC
Det 1, Homestead AFB, FL
Det 1, Tyndall AFB, FL
Det 1, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC
Det 1, Byrd Field, Richmond VA

Number of Aircraft:
49

The 48th FIS was activated at Dow Field in November 1946 with P-47s. In October 1947 a transition into P-84Bs was completed. These were flown until the unit was temporarily deactivated on 2 October 1949. The 48th FIS was reactivated in November 1952 at Grenier AFB in Manchester NH with F-47s, replacing the New Hampshire ANG's 133d FIS. A relocation to Langley AFB was completed in early 1953 along with a transition into F-84Gs and then F-94Cs in the fall of 1953. In the summer of 1957 the squadron completed a transition into F-102As followed by another in the fall of 1960 to F-106As. The 48th FIS flew F-15s from 1982 to 1991, where many of the F-15 were transferred to the Missouri ANG, the Hawaii ANG, and 3 or 4 going to the Boneyard. The squadron is now the 48th Flying Training Squadron flying T-1A Jayhawks out of Columbus AFB Mississippi.

Winner Hughes Achievement Trophy 1971

Flight Markings
The colored stripes painted on the intake splitter plates (front part of the intake forward of the vari ramp) were Flight Markings to signify which flight an aircraft of the unit belonged to such as 'A' Flight, 'B' Flight, 'C' Flight. In the latter day of the 48 FIS A Flight was Light Blue, B Flight was Red, and C Flight was unbanded (no color). Even later year markings for the 48th had all intake splitter plates painted blue, while the Flight Markings shifted to the pitot tubes with A Flight Blue, B Flight White and C Flight now being the T-33's.