Dates

Event

From Unknown to March 1960

Constructed as a F-106A-110-CO by Convair at San Diego, California, USA.

24 March 1960

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 59-0051.

24 March 1960

To 318th FIS, 325th FW, McChord AFB WA.

15 July 1968

Transferred to 48th FIS, Outside ZI (Korea).
Deployed in response to the USS Pueblo incident.

23 December 1968

Transferred to 318th FIS McChord AFB WA.

18 July 1970

Transferred to 87th FIS, 343rd FG, Duluth IAP MN.

28 May 1971

Base of operations changed.
K.I. Sawyer AFB, MI.

From September 1976 to October 1976

This F-106 was part of the team that represented the 87th FIS at Tyndall AFB during William Tell 1976.

Circa September 1976

Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
Notes: Photo taken at Tyndall AFB during William Tell 1976. Note the single command stripe denoting Flight Commander aircraft.

1 October 1979

Command change from ADCOM to TAC.

1 October 1984

Doug Benjamin comments (16 March 2025): Represented the 87th FIS at William Tell 1984. Flown by Captain Don Bintz, was the only F-106 ever to score air-to-air gunnery hits against an Aerial Gunnery Towed Target System.

22 August 1985

Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FN098.

29 July 1993

To AEL Inc, East Alton IL.
For drone conversion.

23 November 1993

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n AD255 as a QF-106A.

28 January 1998

Shot down.
Shot down on 4th NULLO by an AIM-9M. This was the last QF-106 flight ever flown.