PaveDeuce
Pave Deuce data
FAD #601 |
QF-102A |
56-1475 |
flew 2 sorties , crashed at HollomanAFB 31 Jan 1975 |
FAD #602 |
QF-102A |
56-1347 |
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FAD #603 |
QF-102A |
56-1400 |
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FAD #604 |
PQM-102A |
57-0870 |
flew 3 sorties , destroyed , Holloman AFB ,17 Dec 1974 |
FAD #605 |
PQM-102A |
56-1419 |
flew 9 sorties , destroyed , Tyndall AFB , 18 Jul 1975 |
FAD #606 |
PQM-102A |
56-1418 |
flew 7 sorties ,destroyed , Holloman AFB ,11 Dec 1974 |
First flight (#1) took place with QF-102A FAD #602 on 10 Jan 1974 at Holloman AFB, NM (a training flight). First NULLO flight took place on 13 Aug 1974 with FAD #605 (this was flight #133 of the Pave Deuce program). A NULLO Flight is an unmanned flight , hence a PQM-102A flight. Previously, ground and flight tests associated with engineering development took place at Crestview, FL. The first flight here took place on 27 Sep 1973 . The program lasted until 20 Dec 1973. |
PQM-102A "O-61419" (FAD #605) launched from Holloman AFB , unkn. date ; USAF photo
PQM-102A "O-61418" (FAD #606) close before landing after an unmanned (NULLO) flight at Holloman AFB, NM Sep-Dec 1974 , USAF photo
56-1223 FAD #748 PQM-102B, deconverted to "QF" status returning from a mission , Tyndall AFB, FL Nov 1982 , photo coll. Ragay
56-1443 FAD #501 QF-102A departing for a mission, Tyndall AFB, FL on 19 Oct 1982 ; photo by L.B. Sides, collection Ragay
last update 16/01/2018