NOW ON DISPLAY! The last dedicated interceptor in the U.S. is the latest aircraft to come out of the Restoration Hangar. We rolled out the Convair F-106 Delta Dart sporting the Spittin Kittens paint scheme from its time with the 5th FIS at Minot AFB in North Dakota as lightning struck in the distance. | Pima Air and Space Museum

The Convair F-106 Delta Dart was the main all-weather interceptor jet of the United States Air Force for almost 20 years. Designed from scratch as the so-called [QUOTE] "Ultimate Interceptor," pilots would reportedly fight each other to fly it. It had one mission, and it had to be fast. With a sleek body and missiles tucked in an internal weapons bay, it could reach speeds over 1,500 miles-per-hour to intercept the Soviet Union's long-range bombers. And, as one bizarre incident would show... it