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To my (very limited) knowledge the F-102 never had anything ventral aft of the radome on the nose. I was also under the impression they were in RVN as air defense. All thought the idea of the IRST ICW Falcon is not as fanciful as I first thought.I think the picture is a concept painting by Convair(?) to how they could make F-102 a viable ground attack aircraft with bomb stores under the wing and a gun slung under the nose. Still the cockpit designed for high altitude/high speed is not very good for ground target work with the great center post dividing the forward view.
To my (very limited) knowledge the F-102 never had anything ventral aft of the radome on the nose. I was also under the impression they were in RVN as air defense. All thought the idea of the IRST ICW Falcon is not as fanciful as I first thought.
I think the picture is a concept painting by Convair(?) to how they could make F-102 a viable ground attack aircraft with bomb stores under the wing and a gun slung under the nose. Still the cockpit designed for high altitude/high speed is not very good for ground target work with the great center post dividing the forward view.
