Aircraft assigned to the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) at Edwards AFB, CA, Air Force Systems Command at Holloman AFB, NM, and other test programs. Also, there was the 6520th Test Group, Electronic Research Division-ARDC (ESD) Hanscom Field. MA.
F-106A 56-0451, the first 106 built, and it's sister 56-0452, the 2nd Six built, were initially Convair company birds. If you look close at these birds they don't have a Tail Hook, which was added many years later. As the F-106 was initially designated as the F-102B notice fuselage Buzz Numbers using 'FC" such as 'FC-451'. The first three F-106's (56-0453 being the third) all had 'FC' buzz numbers, 'FC' being the F-102 designator, while 'FE' later became the F-106 specific designator. The aircraft you see here with FC on the side indicates it was in fact an F-102B at the time of the photo, very early in flight testing and not yet production, also indicated by the orange test and eval paint color schemes.
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560451 First Flight - FC Buzz Number
- 1578 visits
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560451 First Flight 1956
- 2100 visits
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560451 First Flight Landing
- 1484 visits
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560451 Flight Test
- 2261 visits
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560451 Landing
- 3105 visits
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560451 Sheaffer Tail Hook Tests
- 2247 visits
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560451 YF-106A 1957
- 2571 visits
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560452 FC Buzz Number
- 1768 visits
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560452 FC Buzz Number
- 1695 visits
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560452 Wing Fences FC Buzz Number
- 1997 visits
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560452 Wing Fences FC Buzz Number
- 2311 visits
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560452 Wing Fences FC Buzz Number
- 1674 visits
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560453 1958 FC Buzz Number
- 1900 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code
- 2591 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code
- 2633 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code
- 2628 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code
- 3638 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code
- 3150 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code and F-102A
- 2431 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code and F-102A
- 1839 visits
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560454 1965/03
- 1317 visits
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560454 1965/03
- 1293 visits
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560454 Convair
- 2502 visits
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560454 IFR
- 3201 visits
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560454 JF-106A Convair Testing
- 2223 visits
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560454 JF-106A Convair Testing
- 2185 visits
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560455
- 1533 visits
, Rating: 4.31
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560455 AFSC WPAFB
- 1622 visits
, Rating: 4.31
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560455 Wing Fences
- 2011 visits
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560456
- 1148 visits
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560459 Joe Rogers Speed Record Walk Around
- 3604 visits
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560459 Red Baron
- 4493 visits
, Rating: 4.27
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560460
- 1494 visits
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560461
- 1987 visits
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560461
- 2479 visits
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560462
- 2070 visits
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560462
- 2767 visits
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560462
- 2454 visits
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560462 J-57-P-9
- 1774 visits
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560462 Wing Fences
- 2345 visits
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560464 Holloman AFB NM Flight Test
- 1181 visits
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560464 Holloman AFB NM Flight Test
- 1254 visits
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560464 Holloman AFB NM Flight Test
- 1177 visits
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560464 Holloman AFB NM Flight Test
- 1129 visits
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560467
- 1933 visits
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560467
- 1525 visits
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560467
- 1985 visits
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560467
- 1220 visits
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560467
- 1150 visits
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560467 1960
- 2064 visits
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560467 Open House 1961
- 1595 visits
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560467 Speed Record
- 2706 visits
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560467 Speed Record Debrief
- 2912 visits
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560467 Speed Record Maj Rogers
- 3009 visits
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560467 Speed Run
- 1976 visits
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570230 AFFTC
- 1166 visits
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570237 and F-107 Edwards 1959
- 2335 visits
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570237 Edwards 1959
- 2089 visits
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570238
- 1754 visits
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570238
- 1884 visits
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570242 1958 Crash Site
- 2828 visits
, Rating: 3.03
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570242 Crash 27Oct1958 Parts
- 1708 visits
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572490 6520th Test Group
- 2002 visits
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572504
- 1113 visits
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572504
- 2102 visits
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572504 Press Photo
- 2338 visits
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572507 1958 First Flight
- 1730 visits
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572507 1958 First Flight
- 1601 visits
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572507 1959 AFFTC
- 1936 visits
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572507 1959 AFFTC
- 1444 visits
, Rating: 4.31
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572507 1959 AFFTC
- 1518 visits
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572507 1959 AFFTC
- 900 visits
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572507 1959 AFFTC
- 775 visits
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572507 1965 Ejection Seat Testing
- 928 visits
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572507 Wing Fences
- 1801 visits
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572512 Wing Fences 1959
- 1584 visits
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572513 572516
- 1839 visits
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572514
- 1371 visits
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572514
- 1511 visits
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572519 1965
- 1162 visits