Lineage History F-106B 590151

Manufacturer:

Convair

Model:

F-106B

USAF S/N:

590151

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Production Year:

1959

Production C/N No.:

265

No. Built

340 (277 A, 63 B)

Production Date:

1960-06-01

Delivery Date:

1960-07-01

Ended Service:

1997-11-25

Airframe Hours:

unknown

Units Assigned:

318th,48th

Units Assigned - ADC:

ADWC

History Lineage:

Jun 1960 - 265th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA
28 Jun 60 - To 318th FIS, 325th FW, McChord AFB WA
15 Dec 66 - To 4756th ADW Tyndall AFB FL
16 Jun 67 - To 318th FIS, 325th FW, McChord AFB WA
01 Jul 68 - To 318th FIS McChord AFB WA
15 Jul 68 - Transferred to 48th FIS Outside ZI (Korea) while the 318th was still in Korea. Many of the 318th jets were transferred to the 48th since those same jets would remain in Korea with the 48th when they arrived in Dec 1968.
23 Dec 68 - To 318th FIS McChord AFB WA
10 May 77 - To ADWC Tyndall AFB FL (Loan)
10 Aug 77 - To 318th FIS McChord AFB WA
15 Sep 77 - To ADWC Tyndall AFB FL
01 Oct 79 - Command change from ADCOM to TAC
28 Apr 83 - To Davis Monthan AFB AZ for storage FN008
29 Oct 93 - To AEL Inc., East Alton IL for drone conversion
19 Aug 94 - To Tyndall AFB FL as QF-106 drone S/N AD266
25 Nov 97 - Shot down on 2nd NULLO by an AIM-120

AMARC Arrival:

28-04-1983

AMARC Storage PCN ID No.:

FN008

QF Drone Conversion:

QF Drone ID No.:

AD266

QF Drone Shotdown:

Shotdown By:

AIM-120

QF Drone Lost on Nullo No.:

Deployed to Osan AB Korea:

B-1B Chase Plane:

Crash

Crew Ejected:

Crew Survived:

Crew Killed:

Pilot Front / Pilot Rear:

Pilot Rear:

Accident Report No:

Destroyed:

Written-Off:

Survivor:

Static Display Painted As:

Instruments - TAC Conventional:

TAC Conventional: Models produced with Tactical 'Round Eye' instruments.

Instruments - Conventional:

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

Instruments - TEST-to-TACTICAL:

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..

Instruments - Vertical, 1st Produced:

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

Instruments - Tactical Vertical:

Last Update:

31-05-2021

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