F-106A 58-0795 assigned to 475th Test Squadron, ADWC Tyndall AFB, FL.
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Keith Abrams - Sunday 27 May 2012 17:49
795 was assigned to 475th Test Squadron, Tyndall AFB. It was the final test platform for the
F-15 gun sight. Stewart Cranston ran the project. I believe he was a Capt. at the time and put on his oak leaf during the project. The F15 was delivered with no gun sight because it was still being developed and tested. A "Figat, tow target" pulled by the F101, at 2000 ft behide the aircraft was the primary target used for live fireing and test of the gun sight. 795 was a chase bird and came back to Tyndall, under the PQM program to be a target herself. She was shot down over the Gulf of Mexico.
Keith Abrams - Sunday 27 May 2012 17:49
795 was assigned to 475th Test Squadron, Tyndall AFB. It was the final test platform for the
F-15 gun sight. Stewart Cranston ran the project. I believe he was a Capt. at the time and put on his oak leaf during the project. The F15 was delivered with no gun sight because it was still being developed and tested. A "Figat, tow target" pulled by the F101, at 2000 ft behide the aircraft was the primary target used for live fireing and test of the gun sight. 795 was a chase bird and came back to Tyndall, under the PQM program to be a target herself. She was shot down over the Gulf of Mexico.
Keith Abrams - Sunday 27 May 2012 17:49
795 was assigned to 475th Test Squadron, Tyndall AFB. It was the final test platform for the
F-15 gun sight. Stewart Cranston ran the project. I believe he was a Capt. at the time and put on his oak leaf during the project. The F15 was delivered with no gun sight because it was still being developed and tested. A "Figat, tow target" pulled by the F101, at 2000 ft behide the aircraft was the primary target used for live fireing and test of the gun sight. 795 was a chase bird and came back to Tyndall, under the PQM program to be a target herself. She was shot down over the Gulf of Mexico.
Keith Abrams - Sunday 27 May 2012 17:49
795 was assigned to 475th Test Squadron, Tyndall AFB. It was the final test platform for the
F-15 gun sight. Stewart Cranston ran the project. I believe he was a Capt. at the time and put on his oak leaf during the project. The F15 was delivered with no gun sight because it was still being developed and tested. A "Figat, tow target" pulled by the F101, at 2000 ft behide the aircraft was the primary target used for live fireing and test of the gun sight. 795 was a chase bird and came back to Tyndall, under the PQM program to be a target herself. She was shot down over the Gulf of Mexico.
Keith Abrams - Sunday 27 May 2012 17:49
795 was assigned to 475th Test Squadron, Tyndall AFB. It was the final test platform for the
F-15 gun sight. Stewart Cranston ran the project. I believe he was a Capt. at the time and put on his oak leaf during the project. The F15 was delivered with no gun sight because it was still being developed and tested. A "Figat, tow target" pulled by the F101, at 2000 ft behide the aircraft was the primary target used for live fireing and test of the gun sight. 795 was a chase bird and came back to Tyndall, under the PQM program to be a target herself. She was shot down over the Gulf of Mexico.
Keith Abrams - Sunday 27 May 2012 17:49
795 was assigned to 475th Test Squadron, Tyndall AFB. It was the final test platform for the
F-15 gun sight. Stewart Cranston ran the project. I believe he was a Capt. at the time and put on his oak leaf during the project. The F15 was delivered with no gun sight because it was still being developed and tested. A "Figat, tow target" pulled by the F101, at 2000 ft behide the aircraft was the primary target used for live fireing and test of the gun sight. 795 was a chase bird and came back to Tyndall, under the PQM program to be a target herself. She was shot down over the Gulf of Mexico.
Keith Abrams - Sunday 27 May 2012 17:49
795 was assigned to 475th Test Squadron, Tyndall AFB. It was the final test platform for the
F-15 gun sight. Stewart Cranston ran the project. I believe he was a Capt. at the time and put on his oak leaf during the project. The F15 was delivered with no gun sight because it was still being developed and tested. A "Figat, tow target" pulled by the F101, at 2000 ft behide the aircraft was the primary target used for live fireing and test of the gun sight. 795 was a chase bird and came back to Tyndall, under the PQM program to be a target herself. She was shot down over the Gulf of Mexico.
Keith Abrams - Sunday 27 May 2012 17:49
795 was assigned to 475th Test Squadron, Tyndall AFB. It was the final test platform for the
F-15 gun sight. Stewart Cranston ran the project. I believe he was a Capt. at the time and put on his oak leaf during the project. The F15 was delivered with no gun sight because it was still being developed and tested. A "Figat, tow target" pulled by the F101, at 2000 ft behide the aircraft was the primary target used for live fireing and test of the gun sight. 795 was a chase bird and came back to Tyndall, under the PQM program to be a target herself. She was shot down over the Gulf of Mexico.
Keith Abrams - Sunday 27 May 2012 17:49
795 was assigned to 475th Test Squadron, Tyndall AFB. It was the final test platform for the
F-15 gun sight. Stewart Cranston ran the project. I believe he was a Capt. at the time and put on his oak leaf during the project. The F15 was delivered with no gun sight because it was still being developed and tested. A "Figat, tow target" pulled by the F101, at 2000 ft behide the aircraft was the primary target used for live fireing and test of the gun sight. 795 was a chase bird and came back to Tyndall, under the PQM program to be a target herself. She was shot down over the Gulf of Mexico.