Editing Convair F-106 Delta Dart (section)

===Retirement and conversion into drones===
Between 1 June 1983 and 1 August 1988 the Delta Darts were incrementally retired and sent to the [[309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group|Military Storage and Disposition Center]] in Arizona.<ref>{{cite web|title=McChord Air Museum Homepage- F-106 Delta Dart (s/n 56-0459) the 318th FIS's "Ultimate Interceptor" and the Fastest Single-Engine Fighter|url=http://www.mcchordairmuseum.org/REV%20B%20MAM%20COLLECTION%20F-106%20BORDER.htm|website=The McChord Air Museum|publisher=The McChord Air Museum Foundation, McChord AFB, WA|access-date=16 July 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322022056/http://www.mcchordairmuseum.org/REV%20B%20MAM%20COLLECTION%20F-106%20BORDER.htm|archive-date=22 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=AMARC/AMARG Boneyard|url=http://www.f-106deltadart.com/photo_gallery/index.php/Boneyard-AMARG|website=F-106deltadart.com|publisher=1998-2014 www.F-106deltadart.com|access-date=16 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726031432/http://www.f-106deltadart.com/photo_gallery/index.php/Boneyard-AMARG|archive-date=26 July 2014}}</ref> When the need for a high performance Full Scaled Aerial Target Drone was required, the USAF began withdrawing Delta Darts from storage. Starting in 1986, 194 of the surviving surplus aircraft were converted into [[target drone]]s and these were designated '''QF-106A'''s and used for target practice vehicles under the ''Pacer Six Program'' by the [[82d Aerial Targets Squadron|Aerial Targets Squadron]].<ref>{{cite web|title=QF-106 Drone 'Pacer Six Program' 1990–1998 Full-Scale Aerial Target (FSAT)|url=http://www.f-106deltadart.com/drones.htm|website=F-106DeltaDart.com|publisher=1998-2014 F-106DeltaDart.com|access-date=17 July 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726032643/http://www.f-106deltadart.com/drones.htm|archive-date=26 July 2014}}</ref> The last was destroyed in January 1998.<ref name="fis1998"/><ref name="authorsden1"/> The drones were still capable of being flown as manned aircraft, such as for ferrying to a test; during the test they were flown unmanned.<ref>Donald 2003, pp, 270–271.</ref> The QF-106 replaced the QF-100 [[North American F-100 Super Sabre|Super Sabre]] drone; the last shoot down of a QF-106 (57-2524) took place at Holloman AFB on 20 February 1997 after which the QF-106 was superseded by the QF-4S and QF-4E Phantom II drone.