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F-106A 59-0026 and 572506 on August 2, 1993 parked on the swamp track for a fight with some F-16's and F-15's from Tyndall AFB. 59-0026 is on the left with the 5th FIS rudder and was a spare in case 57-2506 on the right crashed during takeoff. 57-2506 had cracks in the wings and it was expected NOT TO RETURN from this flight. It was scheduled as a one-way flight, so no return flight was planned. The take-off went well for 57-2506, so the spare was not needed, but surprisingly 57-2506 survived all the live missiles fired by the F-16s and F-15s. With no return flight drone profile planned, at 1435 hours they had to press the self-destruct button and F-106A 57-2506 exploded over the Gulf of Mexico.
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