Sheet:

Eagle Strike  48-178: USAFE Delta Daggers

Units 496 & 525 FIS

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Reviewer:

Scott Van Aken

Moving on to something a bit more modern, this sheet is for the Monogram 1/48 F-102A. Because it is always a bit confusing, here is info on the wings and appropriate kits. There were two different wings for the 102; the 'Case X' (10) and 'Case XX' (20) wings. Basically, the Case XX wing had a very noticeable curved down wing leading edge and wing tip. This later wing was installed on all F-102s starting with serial number 56-1317 (often shown on the tail as 61317). It was NOT retrofitted to earlier aircraft. The more recent issue of the kit provides the Case X wing, which is what you want for this sheet. If you want the Case XX wing, you need the original issue Monogram kit as the ProModeler kit also has the Case X wing. For colors, both of these aircraft are in the ADC Grey  (FS 16473) scheme.

First up is the commander's aircraft of the 496 FIS based at Soesterberg AFB in the Netherlands. This is a very colorful aircraft with stripes included for the drop tanks.

The other is also a Soesterberg based aircraft, this time from the 525 FIS with a large blue and white sunburst on the fin.

As you can see, there is a second sheet included that has the full USAirForce titles and buzz numbers for both aircraft.

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