Lineage History F-106B 572529

Manufacturer:

Convair

Model:

F-106B

USAF S/N:

572529

Photos:

Production Year:

1957

Production C/N No.:

No. Built

340 (277 A, 63 B)

Production Date:

1959-07-01

Delivery Date:

1959-12-28

Ended Service:

1966-04-21

Airframe Hours:

unknown

Units Assigned:

539th

Units Assigned - Test/Eval:

AFFTC,AFSC,SA-AMC

History Lineage:

Jul 1959 - 95th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA
13 Aug 59 - To 539th FIS McGuire AFB NJ (Later deployment to Tyndall AFB FL)
31 Aug 62 - To 6515th Organizational Maintenance Squadron, AF Systems Command, Edwards AFB CA
30 Sep 64 - To AF Flight Test Center (AFSC), Edwards AFB CA
28 Apr 66 - To NF-106B
30 Mar 67 - To Martin Company, Baltimore MD
07 May 68 - To AF Flight Test Center (AFSC), Edwards AFB CA
21 Oct 71 - To 552nd Airborne Early Warning Wing (ADC), McClellan AFB CA
13 Feb 72 - To Sacramento Air Logistics Area, McClellan AFB CA
14 Sep 76 - Dropped from inventory as surplus

While at the Martin Company in Baltimore, both F-106B 57-2519 and F-106B 57-2529 supported a flight simulation program designed to replicate flight characteristics (for the back seat pilot) of different kinds of aircraft, like the Martin X-23, X-24A & X-24B lifting bodies and space re-entry vehicles. In March 2004 I got confirmation e-mails from two retired Convair Reps, Jim Day & Joe Sylvia. On 09 Jan 2007 I got an e-mail from Don Ward, a pilot involved with the flight simulation program.

Both 57-2519 and 57-2529 were put in storage as NF-106Bs at McClellan AFB CA in the early 70s. In the mid 70s, it was decided to use the two NFs to repair crash damaged aircraft, so the NFs were declared surplus.

AMARC Storage PCN ID No.:

QF Drone Conversion:

QF Drone ID No.:

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:

07-10-2022

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