Lineage History F-106A 572456

Manufacturer:

Convair

Model:

F-106A

USAF S/N:

572456

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Production Year:

1957

Production C/N No.:

No. Built

340 (277 A, 63 B)

Production Date:

1959-03-01

Delivery Date:

1959-03-28

Ended Service:

1994-07-21

Airframe Hours:

unknown

Units Assigned:

186th,319th,437th,456th,460th,539th,84th

History Lineage:

Mar 1959 - 51st F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA
25 May 59 - To 539th FIS McGuire AFB NJ
02 Jun 67 - To 456th FIS Castle AFB CA
01 Jul 68 - To 456th FIS Oxnard AFB CA
08 Jul 68 - To 437th FIS, 414th FG, Oxnard AFB CA
30 Sep 68 - To 460th FIS, 414th FG, Oxnard AFB CA
01 Dec 69 - To 460th FIS, 408th FG, Kingsley Field OR
01 Oct 70 - To 460th FIS Kingsley Field OR
11 May 71 - To 460th FIS Grand Forks AFB ND
03 Apr 72 - To 319th FIS Malmstrom AFB MT
28 Apr 72 - To 186th FIS, 120th FIG, Great Falls IAP MT (ANG)
03 Sep 74 - To 84th FIS Castle AFB CA (ADC)
16 Jun 78 - To 186th FIS, 120th FIG, Great Falls IAP MT (ANG)
04 May 87 - To Davis Monthan AFB AZ for storage FN139
12 Mar 92 - To AEL Inc, East Alton IL for drone conversion
03 Jun 92 - To Tyndall AFB FL as QF-106 drone S/N AD189
21 Jul 94 - Shot down on 1st NULLO by an AIM-7M

Note: This tail number (57-2456) is now applied on the F-106 display (formerly 58-0793) at the Castle Air Museum in CA. Also, 57-2456 was a "round-eye" instrumented bird whereas 58-0793 (now painted as 57-2456) is a "vertical tape" instrumented bird.

AMARC Arrival:

04-05-1987

AMARC Storage PCN ID No.:

FN139

QF Drone Conversion:

QF Drone ID No.:

AD189

QF Drone Shotdown:

Shotdown By:

AIM-7M

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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