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From Unknown to December 1957 |
Constructed as a F-106A-CO by Convair at San Diego, California, USA. |
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2 January 1958 |
Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-0459. |
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2 January 1958 |
To Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB CA (ARDC) Bailed to Convair for engineering/test support. |
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Circa December 1959 |
Was one of the two F-106s modified for Project Firewall, which set the world absolute speed record of 1,525.95 mph (2455.77km/h) Mach 2.39, surpassing the previous record of 1,484.3mph (2388.95km/h) set on October 7, 1959 in a Mikoyan Ye-6/3, a.k.a. Ye-66 (Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F-13 with different engine) flown by Colonel Georgi Mosolov of the USSR by 34.63 mph (55.73 km/h). |
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4 March 1960 |
To Convair, San Diego CA. |
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4 March 1960 |
Converted to a JF-106A. |
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March 1961 |
To Convair, San Diego CA for Test-To-Tactical upgrade. |
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Converted to a F-106A-CO by Convair at San Diego, California, USA. |
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19 April 1961 |
To 11th FIS, 343rd FG, Duluth MAP MN. |
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23 March 1965 |
Transferred to 318th FIS, 325th FW, McChord AFB, WA. |
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4 January 1983 |
Loaned to 5th FIS, Minot AFB, ND. |
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12 February 1983 |
Returned from loan to 318th FIS, McChord AFB, WA. |
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3 September 1983 |
Last flight. |
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November 1983 |
To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH. |
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Loaned to McChord AFB (wa), 62 AW/CVM, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA. |
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1 November 1983 |
To McChord Air Museum, McChord Field, Tacoma, WA. |
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11 September 2013 |
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Credits Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier... Internet Sources Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor Convair F-106 Delta Dart The Ultimate Interceptor National Museum of the United States Air Force United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher Individual Contributors Mike Henniger Max Sabin |
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