71 FIS Commander LtCol Ellis E. Stanley in F-106A 58-0775 Selfridge AFB MI in 1966-67. This photo is 1966 or early 1967. He had been a commander 1 Nov 1966 to Mar 1967. http://www.afhra.af.mil

10 May 2017 from Frank Wilson, Command Post Weapons Controller - April 15 1969 by the 71st FIS from Osan AFB, Korea. I worked in the command post of Air Forces Korea sitting right next to the Commander AFK/314 Air Division writing the logs and outgoing messages, so was in a perfect position to "see all the action". We had just received word the EC-121 Navy Surveillance aircraft was under attack off the east coast of Korea, and the commander ordered the launch of the two 5min alert F106s. When the launch order got to the flight line and that this was a real launch the 71 FIS Commander, Col Stanley, and his operations officer "pulled rank" and took the mission personally. The two F-106 got airborne in well under 5 minutes, about 3 minutes or a bit less I remember. They flew across Korea south of the DMZ and out over the Sea of Japan to the area where the EC-121 was last reported and found nothing as the EC-121 had been shot down by the North Koreans by this time. The two F-106s continued north over the ocean and finally after traveling several hundred miles north, (the F-106s) had the supersonic long range tanks), out of our radar coverage. Finally the F-106s turned around and headed back toward South Korea. When they entered our radar coverage again the controllers at the radar site detected that the F-106s were being tailed about 50 miles back by two North Korean aircraft, presumably Migs. The F-106s did not have enough fuel to turn and chase the Migs so they throttled back to let the Migs catch up! The Migs finally broke off at 20 NM and headed back to North Korea, just before a dog fight would have started. When the two F-106s landed and were debriefed - I was present at the debriefing - there were two very pissed off F-106 pilots who were calling the Migs cowards and worse terms. Both F106 pilots were convinced they would have bagged a Mig.
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