Lineage History F-106A 590083

Manufacturer:

Convair

Model:

F-106A

USAF S/N:

590083

Production Year:

1959

Production C/N No.:

260

No. Built

340 (277 A, 63 B)

Production Date:

1960-05-01

Delivery Date:

1960-06-01

Ended Service:

1993-05-18

Airframe Hours:

unknown

Units Assigned:

438th,49th

History Lineage:

May 1960 - 260th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA
05 Jul 60 - To 438th FIS, 507th FG, Kincheloe AFB MI
17 Jan 61 - To 438th FIS, 507th FW, Kincheloe AFB MI
29 Aug 68 - To 438th FIS Griffiss AFB NY
30 Sept 68 - To 49th FIS Griffiss AFB NY
20 Jul 78 - Damaged wings, excessive Gs, Red Flag
?? ??? 78 - Returned to Griffiss with 59-0054's wings
01 Oct 79 - Command change from ADCOM to TAC
08 Feb 84 - To Davis Monthan AFB AZ for storage FN035
23 Apr 91 - To AEL Inc., East Alton IL for drone conversion
09 Aug 91 - To Tyndall AFB FL as QF-106 drone S/N AD143
18 May 93 - Shot down on 6th NULLO by an AIM-9L. Scotty Scott writes on 2 Dec 2016 - I was a former F-106 flyer at the 87FIS and on 18 May 1993 was the 475WEG Deputy Commander (callsign - Aces 2) flying an F-16. I shot down 59-0083 (NULLO drone) during a 475WEG WSEP test mission with an AIM-9L missile. The missile impacted the aircraft spine just aft of the canopy breaking the aircraft in two pieces. As the larger piece spiraled down the gear came out and the WSEP drone controller detonated the onboard destruct package just prior to impact in the Gulf of Mexico. Bittersweet day for me as a former F-106 pilot. I probably flew that aircraft.

AMARC Arrival:

08-02-1984

AMARC Storage PCN ID No.:

FN035

QF Drone Conversion:

QF Drone ID No.:

AD143

QF Drone Shotdown:

Shotdown By:

AIM-9L

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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