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Lineage History F-106A 590079

Convair
F-106A
590079
1959
255
340 (277 A, 63 B)
1960-05-01
1960-06-01
1993-07-07
unknown
438th,49th
May 1960 - 255th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA
28 Jun 60 - To 438th FIS, 507th FGp, Kincheloe AFB MI
17 Jan 61 - To 438th FIS, 507th FW, Kincheloe AFB MI
16 Sep 68 - To 438th FIS Griffiss AFB NY
30 Sep 68 - To 49th FIS Griffiss AFB NY
23 Feb 78 - To Tyndall AFB FL TDY
15 May 78 - To 49th FIS Griffiss AFB NY
01 Oct 79 - Command change from ADCOM to TAC
07 Jul 83 - To Davis Monthan AFB AZ (Storage - AAFN0013)
Dec 2002 - Moved to another area of AMARC
16 Dec 04 - Scheduled for display at KI Sawyer (In ~ April 2005)
11 Jan 05 - Cancelled for KI Display - 56-0461 selected instead for display
Dec 2005 - Scrapped (5827 airframe hours)
07-07-1983
AAFN0013
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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
31-05-2021