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To: DavesM who wrote (8803)6/10/2004 7:41:55 PM
From: Selectric II  Respond to of 90947
 
That's confirmed by the below Washington Post story, with 1,000 hours minimum and June 30, 1970 retirement of F-102's as date given:

washingtonpost.com

"...Only pilots with extensive flying time – at the outset, 1,000 hours were required – were sent overseas under the voluntary program. The Air Force, moreover, was retiring the aging F-102s and had ordered all overseas F-102 units closed down as of June 30, 1970. ..."