Here is a reference to the Genie and the planes that carried it, or were
capable of carrying it.

http://acam.ednet.ns.ca/weapons/genie.htm

Unfortunately, it is incorrect.

As I was writing the message yesterday, I had not listed the F-102 as
one that could carry the Genie, but a Google search produced the link
above.

Prodded by your question, I went to my private library and pulled out
the Detail & Scale #35, F-102 Delta Dagger.  It does not mention the
Genie.  The standard ordnance load consisted of 6 AIM-4 (Aerial
Intercept Missile) Falcons in three internal bays and 24 2.75 inch
rockets in tubes on the doors of the missile bays.

D&S35 does refer to the AIM-26 which is a nuclear-capable Super Falcon.

I checked at the Air Force Museum official site and indeed, it does not
list the F-102 as carrying the Genie.

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/arm/arm16.htm

I will send a message to the Atlantic Canada Aircraft Museum and ask
them to correct their page.

The lifetime Class A accident rate for the F-102 as 13.69 per 100,000
hours.  For comparison, the rate for the F-16 is 4.14, the F-15 is 2.47
and the F-18 is 4.9.

There were 875 F-102A.  259 were lost in accidents that killed 70
pilots, Air Force and ANG.



Denys

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