572485 572453 1971 | F-106 Delta Dart Photo/Video Gallery

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Author: US Navy Taken by Another F-4

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Larry Worsham - Monday 22 February 2016 08:58

We went from Kingsley Field in either late 1970 or early 1971 with four 106s to fly against the F-4s of VX-4 on some type of dogfighting evaluation (we mere techs weren't privy to the exact nature of this evaluation) and were there for a week. I was under the impression then, and have no reason to believe otherwise, that the 106 had flight characteristics very similar to one of the new Migs at the time and that's the reason the aircraft was chosen. I do recall the elation of the pilots following all the flights due to the way the '6's performed. What I don't remember is that the aircraft didn't have the full orange tail as it had in the 456th and the 460th at Oxnard and am curious when it was changed.