Aircraft assigned to the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) at Edwards AFB, CA, Air Force Systems Command at Holloman AFB, NM, and other test programs. Also, there was the 6520th Test Group, Electronic Research Division-ARDC (ESD) Hanscom Field. MA.
F-106A 56-0451, the first 106 built, and it's sister 56-0452, the 2nd Six built, were initially Convair company birds. If you look close at these birds they don't have a Tail Hook, which was added many years later. As the F-106 was initially designated as the F-102B notice fuselage Buzz Numbers using 'FC" such as 'FC-451'. The first three F-106's (56-0453 being the third) all had 'FC' buzz numbers, 'FC' being the F-102 designator, while 'FE' later became the F-106 specific designator. The aircraft you see here with FC on the side indicates it was in fact an F-102B at the time of the photo, very early in flight testing and not yet production, also indicated by the orange test and eval paint color schemes.
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560451 First Flight - FC Buzz Number
- 1571 visits
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560451 First Flight 1956
- 2091 visits
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560451 First Flight Landing
- 1468 visits
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560451 Flight Test
- 2254 visits
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560451 Landing
- 3076 visits
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560451 Sheaffer Tail Hook Tests
- 2216 visits
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560451 YF-106A 1957
- 2546 visits
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560452 FC Buzz Number
- 1762 visits
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560452 FC Buzz Number
- 1692 visits
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560452 Wing Fences FC Buzz Number
- 1992 visits
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560452 Wing Fences FC Buzz Number
- 2301 visits
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560452 Wing Fences FC Buzz Number
- 1668 visits
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560453 1958 FC Buzz Number
- 1892 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code
- 2564 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code
- 2612 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code
- 2602 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code
- 3602 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code
- 3120 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code and F-102A
- 2405 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code and F-102A
- 1795 visits
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560454 1965/03
- 1310 visits
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560454 1965/03
- 1282 visits
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560454 Convair
- 2480 visits
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560454 IFR
- 3173 visits
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560454 JF-106A Convair Testing
- 2201 visits
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560454 JF-106A Convair Testing
- 2165 visits
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560455
- 1529 visits
, Rating: 4.32
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560455 AFSC WPAFB
- 1602 visits
, Rating: 4.32
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560455 Wing Fences
- 2002 visits
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560456
- 1144 visits
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560459 Joe Rogers Speed Record Walk Around
- 3585 visits
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560459 Red Baron
- 4440 visits
, Rating: 4.28
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560460
- 1484 visits
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560461
- 1979 visits
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560461
- 2474 visits
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560462
- 2051 visits
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560462
- 2743 visits
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560462
- 2436 visits
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560462 J-57-P-9
- 1770 visits
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560462 Wing Fences
- 2336 visits
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560464 Holloman AFB NM Flight Test
- 1174 visits
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560464 Holloman AFB NM Flight Test
- 1249 visits
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560464 Holloman AFB NM Flight Test
- 1170 visits
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560464 Holloman AFB NM Flight Test
- 1123 visits
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560467
- 1922 visits
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560467
- 1514 visits
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560467
- 1949 visits
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560467
- 1217 visits
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560467
- 1146 visits
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560467 1960
- 2055 visits
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560467 Open House 1961
- 1590 visits
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560467 Speed Record
- 2678 visits
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560467 Speed Record Debrief
- 2876 visits
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560467 Speed Record Maj Rogers
- 2981 visits
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560467 Speed Run
- 1968 visits
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570230 AFFTC
- 1155 visits
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570237 and F-107 Edwards 1959
- 2305 visits
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570237 Edwards 1959
- 2077 visits
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570238
- 1740 visits
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570238
- 1879 visits
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570242 1958 Crash Site
- 2811 visits
, Rating: 3.03
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570242 Crash 27Oct1958 Parts
- 1693 visits
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572490 6520th Test Group
- 1984 visits
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572504
- 1105 visits
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572504
- 2081 visits
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572504 Press Photo
- 2293 visits
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572507 1958 First Flight
- 1719 visits
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572507 1958 First Flight
- 1593 visits
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572507 1959 AFFTC
- 1929 visits
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572507 1959 AFFTC
- 1433 visits
, Rating: 4.32
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572507 1959 AFFTC
- 1511 visits
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572507 1959 AFFTC
- 893 visits
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572507 1959 AFFTC
- 762 visits
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572507 1965 Ejection Seat Testing
- 921 visits
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572507 Wing Fences
- 1798 visits
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572512 Wing Fences 1959
- 1574 visits
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572513 572516
- 1831 visits
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572514
- 1365 visits
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572514
- 1504 visits
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572519 1965
- 1155 visits