Convair F-106A Delta Dart of the 71st Fighter Interceptor Squadron, with a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, circa 1970. (U.S. Air Force)
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Was this aircraft capable of supersonic speed? Able to break the sound barrier?
Joseph, Major Joseph Rogers set an FAI world speed record of 1,525.924 miles per hour at 40,000 feet, or Mach 2.31, 15 December 1959. Please see This Day in Aviation at: https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/15-december-1959/