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580768 with Genie Optical Sight

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71 FIS Pilot in F-106A 58-0768 Selfrdge AFB MI in 1966 or 67. Pilot has the Iron Fist 71st patch. Also notice the 464169-150 unit mounted to the windscreen frame above the radar scope. To pilots it was the Helmet Rack! To the MA-1 people it was the Optical Sight used in conjunction with firing the AIR-2A atomic Genie Rocket. The radar and IR missiles could also be fired using that device.