F-106 Pilot Lt. Col. Eugene L. Surowiec of 498th FIS, McChord AFB, July 1963, sitting in the Convair Supersonic Rotational B-seat, adjusts oxygen connections just before takeoff on a 1,300-mile flight to Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska with nine other supersonic F-106 Interceptor aircraft. Colonel Surowiec will command this ten-aircraft detachment during it temporary assignment in Alaska.