A pair of deuces from the 317th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Elmendorf AFB Alaska, cruise past the summit of Mt. McKinley in the late 1960s. These F-102s would soon leave Alaskan Air Command and head to the Air National Guard. 56-1257 (foreground) made it as far south as the Wisconsin Air Guard, where, after a few more years of service, the aircraft, like many an F-102, was converted to a drone and blown to smithereens over the Gulf of Mexico.
1257’s wingman, 56-1252, was luckier. It ended up with the 111th FIS, Texas Air Guard, but was spared the drone treatment and was instead put on display at Ellington Field. Notably, this particular aircraft was one of those flown by President George W. Bush when he was a fighter pilot in the 111th.
The Jive Bomber 