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590054 Mid-Air No-Nose

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F-106A 59-0054 of the 318 FIS, McChord AFB WA after a mid-air collision with an A-7D on 25 Jul 1978 during Red Flag 78 over Dugway Proving Grounds, UT. Lost the nose, landed at Dugway UT. In September 1994, the McClellan Museum Newsletter, McClellan AFB, North Highlands CA, published photos with the caption "This aircraft was repaired by maintenance specialists from McClellan AFB."