F-106 DELTA DART
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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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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.. Tactical Vertical: Models factory produced w/Tactical Vertical instruments: late 1957 and all 1958, 1959.. F-106 Specifications
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