Lineage History F-106A 572460

Manufacturer:

Convair

Model:

F-106A

USAF S/N:

572460

Production Year:

1957

Production C/N No.:

No. Built

340 (277 A, 63 B)

Production Date:

1959-04-01

Delivery Date:

1959-04-28

Ended Service:

1977-06-09

Airframe Hours:

unknown

Units Assigned:

186th,460th,95th

History Lineage:

Apr 1959 - 56th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA
?? ?? ?? - Unknown assignment location by us at this time
03 Mar 61 - To 95th FIS Andrews AFB MD
01 Jul 63 - To 95th FIS Dover AFB DE
15 Nov 69 - To 95th FIS Outside ZI (Korea)
01 May 70 - To 95th FIS Dover AFB DE
16 Jul 70 - To 460th FIS, 408th FG, Kingsley Field OR
28 Jun 71 - To 460th FIS Grand Forks AFB ND
24 Apr 72 - To 186th FIS/120th FIG Great Falls IAP MT ANG
09 Jun 77 - Crashed by flying into the ground during a low altitude Enemy interception training mission for NORAD. The crash occurred near the top of Crows Nest Pass, in the Porcupine Hills in southern Alberta near Lethbridge (Blairmore), Alberta. Pilot Lt. David L. Denning, killed in crash.

AMARC Storage PCN ID No.:

QF Drone Conversion:

QF Drone ID No.:

QF Drone Shotdown:

Shotdown By:

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:

1Lt David L. Denning

Pilot Rear:

Accident Report No:

770609001

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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