F-106 DELTA DART

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Lineage History F-106A 572477

Convair
F-106A
572477
1957
80
340 (277 A, 63 B)
1959-06-01
1959-12-28
1996-04-24
unknown
101st,539th,84th,95th
4756
June 1959 - 80th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA
27 Jun 59 - To 539th FIS McGuire AFB NJ
18 Sep 62 - Cracked keel at MAAMA (Middletown PA Depot, which per Jim Day was also the 539th Detachment location)
21 Sept 62 - To 539th FIS McGuire AFB NJ
06 Dec 63 - Minor Damage
22 Jan 64 - In commission
27 Jun 67 - To 95th FIS Dover AFB DE
01 Nov 67 - To 4756th ADW Tyndall AFB FL (TDY)
02 Dec 67 - To 95th FIS Dover AFB DE
16 Jun 72 - To 101st FIS, 102nd FG, Otis AFB MA (ANG)
29 Jun 74 - To 84th FIS, Castle AFB CA (ADC)
01 Oct 79 - Command change from ADCOM to TAC
?? Apr 81 - To 101st FIS, 102nd FIW, Otis AFB MA (ANG)
12 Jan 88 - To Davis Monthan AFB AZ for storage (FN171)
03 Sep 92 - To AEL Inc., East Alton IL, for drone conversion
15 Dec 92 - To Tyndall AFB FL as QF-106 drone (AD212)
24 Apr 96 - Destroyed by 20 MM cannon fire on 1st NULLO
12-01-1988
FN171
AD212
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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