[Doctor Raoul]

Were they restricted to F-102s or did they also get into F-4s?

Not sure of your question. Particularly the F-4 part.

The F-102 had a major accident rate of almmost 14 per 100,000 hours. It's higher than the AV-8 Harrier rate.

When it was all said and done, 30 percent of the 875(?) F-102s were lost.

That figure of 70 pilots were those lost in F-102s, both US Air Force and Air national Guard.

I'm pretty sure that Bush's unit transitioned to some plane other than the F-4. I want to say Voodoos but I'm not certain.

[Gone_Postal]

The first Air Force Phantoms in Vietnam were F-4Cs from 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron Triple Nickel which arrived in December 1964. Unlike the Navy, the Air Force initially flew its Phantoms with a pilot rather than a radar intercept officer (RIO), later called weapon systems officer (WSO), in the back seat and all aircraft retained dual flight controls. USAF F-4Cs scored their first victory against a Vietnamese MiG-17 on 10 July 1965 using AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles.

On 31 January 1972, the 170th Tactical Fighter Squadron/183d Tactical Fighter Group of Illinois Air National Guard became the first Air National Guard unit to transition to Phantoms.