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Lineage History F-106B 572515

Convair
F-106B
572515
1957
37
340 (277 A, 63 B)
1958-11-01
1958-12-28
1986-12-16
unknown
438th,49th,94th,95th
ADWC
AFFTC
Nov 1958 - 37th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA
23 Jan 59 - F-106 Test Squadron Edwards AFB CA
13 Oct 59 - To 95th FIS Andrews AFB MD
Jun 1961 - # 35 of 35 Test-To-Tac conversions ( replaced 57-2507 )
20 Jul 61 - To 319th FIS Bunker Hill AFB IN
07 Feb 63 - To 438th FIS, 507th FW, Kincheloe AFB MI
11 Sept 68 - To 438th FIS Griffiss AFB NY
30 Sept 68 - To 49th FIS Griffiss AFB NY
10 Dec 69 - To 94th FIS Wurtsmith AFB MI
10 Jan 70 - To 49th FIS Griffiss AFB NY
04 May 73 - To ADWC Tyndall AFB FL
30 May 73 - To 49th FIS, Griffiss AFB NY
01 Oct 79 - Command change from ADCOM to TAC
16 Dec 86 - Crashed (In Canada, engine accessory drive assembly failed). Crashed into a swampy area near Picton, both pilots Baker & Varnedoe successfully ejected and were picked up by a Canadian Forces rescue helicopter.

U.S. Air Force Plane Crashes, Two Pilots Parachute to Safety
AP , Associated Press
Dec. 16, 1986 11:41 PM ET

PICTON, ONTARIO PICTON, Ontario (AP) _ A U.S. Air Force F-106B jet fighter crashed Tuesday ino a swampy area near Picton but the pilots ejected and were picked up by a Canadian Forces rescue helicopter, Canadian officials reported.

At the Griffiss Air Force Base near Rome, N.Y., Staff Sgt. Melvin Wilson said the plane crashed during a training flight to a Canadian base, and the two pilots bailed out and suffered only minor injuries.

Wilson, an Air Force spokesman, said the plane left the Griffiss base and crashed near its destination, the Canadian Forces air base in Trenton, Ontario, at 3:08 p.m.

He identified the pilots as captains Clifford Baker and Wyman E. Varnedoe and said they landed in a field and were taken to a hospital in Trenton. He did not have their ages or hometowns.

Canadian officials said the American plane was on a regular training mission from Griffiss in upstate New York and were practicing low-level approaches to Canada's Trenton base on the north shore of Lake Ontario when their jet went down about 18 miles to the east.

Two farmers who witnessed the crash said they heard a high-pitched noise, then saw the aircraft smash into the trees and disintegrate.

''There was a big bang as the hatch blew,'' said Brian Johnston, who lives about less than a mile from the crash site. He said he and Jim Lindle found bits of the plane circled by a large burned area, but, ''You wouldn't know that it had been a plane.'' The craft did not appear to be on fire when it plummetted to the ground, he said.

Wilson said the plane was assigned to the 49th fighter-interceptor squadron at Griffiss.

''It was one of the routine flights we fly up there,'' he said in a telephone interview. ''It's part of our commitment in defense of North America which we share with Canada.''

He said he could not recall any other aircraft from Griffiss crashing in recent years.

A U.S. Air Force team was traveling to the crash site Tuesday to investigate, Wilson said.

http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1986/U-S-Air-Force-Plane-Crashes-Two-Pilots-Parachte-to-Safety/id-589ee973d86c0d9ea7f5f2f225779f1c
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TAC Conventional: Models produced with Tactical 'Round Eye' instruments.


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


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..


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
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