Lineage History F-106B 590150

Manufacturer:

Convair

Model:

F-106B

USAF S/N:

590150

Production Year:

1959

Production C/N No.:

259

No. Built

340 (277 A, 63 B)

Production Date:

1960-05-01

Delivery Date:

1960-06-01

Ended Service:

1997-12-04

Airframe Hours:

unknown

Units Assigned:

119th,171st,49th,84th

Units Assigned - ADC:

ADWC

Units Assigned - Test/Eval:

AFFTC,AFSC,ARDC,Hughes JF-106,SA-AMC

History Lineage:

May 1960 - 259th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA (Retained by the manufacturer)
13 Jul 60 - Gained by the USAF, to Holloman AFB NM
06 Feb 61 - To AF Military Air Development Center, Air Research and Development Command (ARDC), Holloman AFB NM
09 Jul 62 - To JF-106B
05 Jul 66 - To Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City CA
09 Sep 66 - To AF Military Air Development Center, Air Force Systems Command (AFSC), Holloman AFB NM
16 May 67 - To Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City CA
03 Jun 67 - To AF Military Air Development Center, Air Force Systems Command (AFSC), Holloman AFB NM
31 Jun 67 - To Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City CA
17 Aug 67 - To AF Military Air Development Center (AFSC), Holloman AFB NM
31 Oct 67 - From JF-106B To F-106B
13 Nov 69 - To San Antonio Air Logistics Area (AFLC), Kelly AFB TX
21 Jan 70 - To Air Defense Weapons Center (ADWC), Tyndall AFB FL ADC
28 Apr 70 - To San Antonio Air Logistics Area (AFSC), Kelly AFB TX
09 Mar 71 - To AF Flight Test Center (AFFTC), Edwards AFB CA
15 Apr 71 - To San Antonio Air Logistics Area (AFSC), Kelly AFB TX
22 May 73 - To 4661st Material Squadron. Hamilton AFB CA (ADC)
06 Jun 73 - To 119th FIS/177th FIG Atlantic City NJ ANG
08 Aug 74 - To171st FIS/191st FIG Selfridge AFB MI ANG
11 Aug 78 - To San Antonio Air Logistics Area (AFLC), Kelly AFB TX
15 Nov 78 - To 84th FIS Castle AFB CA (back in ADCOM)
01 Oct 79 - Command change from ADCOM to TAC
07 Oct 80 - To Air Defense Weapons Center (ADWC), Tyndall AFB FL
29 May 81 - To 49th FIS Griffiss AFB NY
17 Jan 84 - To Davis Monthan AFB AZ for storage (FN030)
28 Apr 94 - To AEL Inc., East Alton IL for drone conversion
06 Sept 94 - To Tyndall AFB FL as QF-106 drone S/N AD278
04 Dec 97 - Shot down on 6th NULLO by an AIM-9M & 20 MM cannon fire.

AMARC Arrival:

17-01-1984

AMARC Storage PCN ID No.:

FN030

QF Drone Conversion:

QF Drone ID No.:

AD278

QF Drone Shotdown:

Shotdown By:

QF Drone Lost on Nullo No.:

Deployed to Osan AB Korea:

B-1B Chase Plane:

Crash

Crew Ejected:

Crew Survived:

Crew Killed:

Pilot Front / Pilot Rear:

Pilot Rear:

Accident Report No:

Destroyed:

Written-Off:

Survivor:

Static Display Painted As:

Instruments - TAC Conventional:

TAC Conventional: Models produced with Tactical 'Round Eye' instruments.

Instruments - Conventional:

Conventional: Models were originally committed as TEST or BAILMENT aircraft..

Instruments - TEST-to-TACTICAL:

TEST-to-TACTICAL: Models returned to Convair and upgraded from TAC Conventional to Vertical
instruments in 1961. Fuselage cut in half at station 412 (Aft bulkhead missile bay) and a new fuselage, cockpit section,
and nose section was installed with the latest production avionics, the same as the last F-106A 590148 and F-106B 590165.
A total of 35 aircraft (28 "A" models and 7 "B" models) were converted and reassigned to various ADC units..

Instruments - Vertical, 1st Produced:

Vertical, 1st Produced: First 'A' and 'B' models produced with vertical instruments.
Tactical Vertical: Models factory produced w/Tactical Vertical instruments: late 1957 and all 1958, 1959..

F-106 Specifications

Role/Function	Fighter-Interceptor
Manufacturer	Convair Division of General Dynamics
Country	United States
Crew	'A' Model 1, 'B' Model 2
Power plant	Pratt & Whitney J-75-P-17 Turbojet
Thrust	24,500 lbs. in Afterburner
Max Speed	1,525 mph (Mach 2.31) @ 40,000 ft
Service Ceiling	53,000 ft
Wing Span	38 ft. 3½ in.
Length	70 ft 8.78in
Height	20 ft 3.3in
Weight	23,646 lb. empty, 41,831 lb max
Cost USD	$3,305,435 Initial, $4.7M after MODS
Range	2,700 mi. max fuel w/ext tanks
No. Built	340 (277 'A', 63 'B')
Armament	AIR-2A (1) AIM-4 (4) M61A1 (1)
Fire Control System	Hughes MA-1 / IBM Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) System
Ejection Seats
1st Seat	Weber Aircraft Corporation Interim seat, not Zero-Zero, inadequate for supersonic speed ejections.
2nd Seat	Convair/ICESC (Industry Crew Escape System Committee) Supersonic Rotational B-seat, called the supersonic 'Bobsled'.
3rd Seat Final	Weber Aircraft Corporation Zero-Zero ROCAT (Rocket Catapult), Zero-Zero, High-altitude supersonic ejections, retro-fitted to all aircraft.
Mfr. Model #	MK No. 8-24

Instruments - Tactical Vertical:

Last Update:

31-05-2021

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