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B-1B Flightline Palmdale with 5 F-106s

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5 F-106's parked on the flightline at Palmdale during the B-1B Chase Program. Taken from a KC-135 by Howard Tennyson. This aerial view is of one the Rockwell International sites at USAF Plant 42, Palmdale, CA during the 1980s. After moving here from the production line across the airfield, the B-1B Lancers underwent engine runup, flight testing and AF certification flights.