Lineage History F-106A 570240

Manufacturer:

Convair

Model:

F-106A

USAF S/N:

570240

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Production Year:

1957

Production C/N No.:

No. Built

340 (277 A, 63 B)

Production Date:

1958-12-01

Delivery Date:

1958-12-28

Ended Service:

1993-12-02

Airframe Hours:

unknown

Units Assigned:

119th,27th,95th

Units Assigned - Test/Eval:

AFFTC,Convair

History Lineage:

Dec 1958 - 38th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA (To AFLC as a test bird)
1959 - Modified to YF-106C - as F-106C (project F-106-w-AN/ASG-18), a production F-106A modified to test the new AN/ASG-18 radar housing with a five-foot nose extension following the cancellation of the Model 8-28/29 project. F-106A 57-0239 was the second aircraft used for this 'C' project. They were re-designated F-106C. Only 57-0239 actually flew in this configuration, and made ten flights with this new nose in 1959. 57-0240 eventually reverted to standard F-106A configuration.
Feb 61 - # 8 of 35 TEST-TO-TAC conversions
31 Mar 61 - To 27th FIS Loring AFB ME
06 Jun 72 - To 95th FIS Dover AFB DE
11 Jan 73 - To 119th FIS/177th FIG Atlantic City NJ (ANG)
23 Nov 87 - To Davis Monthan AFB AZ for storage FN162
13 Jul 93 - To AEL., East Alton IL for drone conversion
14 Oct 93 - To Tyndall AFB FL as QF-106 drone S/N AD251
02 Dec 93 - Shot down on 1st NULLO by an AIM-9P

AMARC Arrival:

22-11-1987

AMARC Storage PCN ID No.:

FN162

QF Drone Conversion:

QF Drone ID No.:

AD251

QF Drone Shotdown:

Shotdown By:

QF Drone Lost on Nullo No.:

Deployed to Osan AB Korea:

B-1B Chase Plane:

Crash

Crew Ejected:

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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