F-106B 57-2516 research aircraft NASA 816 with paint removed during Storm Hazards Research program, 1984.

57-2516 made 1,496 thunderstorm penetrations and got struck by lightning 714 times during NASA's eight-year Storm Hazards Research Program. A metal radome was fabricated for NASA to install on this F-106B to evaluate the effect of lightning strikes on the radome area in the early 1980's. Credit: NASA photo and data.