F-106A 580783 of the 194 FIS Fresno CA sitting on the last day of 318th FIS F-106 Alert Duty at Castle AFB on 30 Dec 1983.  Pilot is 2Lt Tom Westbrook. photo by Patrick McGee

The 194th came up from Fresno a few months before the F-106 Alert Close-out of the 318th FIS Det 1 at Castle AFB, CA that occurred on 30 Dec 1983. The last of the 318th jets left Castle in prep for the 318th's conversion to F-15's. Our 318th alert crews (me) remained, but we worked with the 194th jets and their backshop mechanics when necessary. On 31 Dec 1983 the alert duties were officially taken over by the 318th FIS's newly acquired F-15's