F-106A 57-2458 of the 186 FIS, 120th FIG Montana ANG hits a grain elevator during the Labor Day Parade 1979 in Dillon MT. The Sixes were doing a fly-over for a local parade, the pair started the run too low and didn't realize they were too close, and too low to avoid hitting the grain silo at the end of main street. impact was at 100' AGL. F-106A 57-2458 of the 186 FIS, 120th FIG Montana ANG, Capt. Joel Orren Rude was killed after ejecting from the aircraft. but was outside the parameters of the ejection seat, and was killed, as his chute had no time to deploy.

eptember 3rd 1979 – Two Convair F-106 Delta Darts of the 186th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 120th Fighter-Interceptor Group, Montana Air National Guard, out of Great Falls Airport, approached the town of Dillon, Montana at low altitude for a pair of a flyovers in in conjunction with the town's Labor Day parade.
One Delta Dart, F-106A-70-CO, 57-2458, c/n 8-24-41, piloted by Capt. Joel Rude, clipped a grain elevator with his port wing. Ejection was unsuccessful and Capt. Rude was killed. Forty parade onlookers were injured by debris and fire. Thankfully there were no fatalities on the ground.

On 7 September 2009, a commemorative plaque was dedicated in the town of Dillon in Capt. Joel Rude's memory.
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