F-106 DELTA DART

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Lineage History F-106A 590020

Convair
F-106A
590020
1959
185
340 (277 A, 63 B)
1960-01-01
1960-01-28
1995-08-15
unknown
159th,194th,319th,329th,498th,84th
Jan 1960 - 185th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA
02 Feb 60 - To 319th FIS Bunker Hill AFB IN
19 Feb 63 - To 4756th ADW Tyndall AFB FL
15 Mar 66 - To 329th FIS George AFB CA
29 Mar 67 - To 4756th ADW Tyndall AFB FL
27 May 67 - To 498th FIS, 57th FG, Paine Field WA
09 Sep 68 - To 498th FIS Hamilton AFB CA
30 Sep 68 - To 84th FIS, 78th FW, Hamilton AFB CA
01 Jan 70 - To 84th FIS, 1st FW, Hamilton AFB CA
01 Oct 70 - To 84th FIS Hamilton AFB CA
29 Aug 73 - To 84th FIS Castle AFB CA
01 Oct 79 - Command change from ADCOM to TAC
?? Mar 81 - To 194th FIS / 144th FIG Fresno IAP CA (ANG)
15 Oct 83 - To 159th FIS / 125th FIG Jacksonville IAP FL (ANG)
03 Mar 87 - To Davis Monthan AFB AZ for storage (FN119)
19 Nov 91 - To AEL Inc., East Alton IL for drone conversion
08 Feb 92 - To Tyndall AFB FL as QF-106 drone (AD172)
15 Aug 95 - Shot down by AIM-120 missile on 8th NULLO
03-03-1987
FN119
AD172
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TAC Conventional: Models produced with Tactical 'Round Eye' instruments.


Conventional: Models were originally committed as TEST or BAILMENT aircraft..


TEST-to-TACTICAL: Models returned to Convair and upgraded from TAC Conventional to Vertical
instruments in 1961. Fuselage cut in half at station 412 (Aft bulkhead missile bay) and a new fuselage, cockpit section,
and nose section was installed with the latest production avionics, the same as the last F-106A 590148 and F-106B 590165.
A total of 35 aircraft (28 "A" models and 7 "B" models) were converted and reassigned to various ADC units..


Vertical, 1st Produced: First 'A' and 'B' models produced with vertical instruments.
Tactical Vertical: Models factory produced w/Tactical Vertical instruments: late 1957 and all 1958, 1959..


F-106 Specifications
Role/Function  Fighter-Interceptor
Manufacturer  Convair Division of General Dynamics
Country  United States
Crew  'A' Model 1, 'B' Model 2
Power plant  Pratt & Whitney J-75-P-17 Turbojet
Thrust  24,500 lbs. in Afterburner
Max Speed  1,525 mph (Mach 2.31) @ 40,000 ft
Service Ceiling  53,000 ft
Wing Span  38 ft. 3½ in. 
Length  70 ft 8.78in
Height  20 ft 3.3in
Weight  23,646 lb. empty, 41,831 lb max
Cost USD  $3,305,435 Initial, $4.7M after MODS
Range  2,700 mi. max fuel w/ext tanks
No. Built  340 (277 'A', 63 'B') 
Armament  AIR-2A (1) AIM-4 (4) M61A1 (1) 
Fire Control System  Hughes MA-1 / IBM Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) System
Ejection Seats  
1st Seat  Weber Aircraft Corporation Interim seat, not Zero-Zero, inadequate for supersonic speed ejections. 
2nd Seat  Convair/ICESC (Industry Crew Escape System Committee) Supersonic Rotational B-seat, called the supersonic 'Bobsled'. 
3rd Seat Final  Weber Aircraft Corporation Zero-Zero ROCAT (Rocket Catapult), Zero-Zero, High-altitude supersonic ejections, retro-fitted to all aircraft. 
Mfr. Model #  MK No. 8-24
31-05-2021