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    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:F-106A-CO Delta Dart
    Last Military Serial:56-0459 USAF
    Construction Number:8-24-09
    Compressed ID:Convair F-106A-CO sn 56-0459 USAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:McChord Air Museum, McChord Field, Tacoma, Washington

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    Dates

    Event

    From Unknown to December 1957

    Constructed as a F-106A-CO by Convair at San Diego, California, USA.
    7th F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA

    2 January 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-0459.

    2 January 1958

    To Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB CA (ARDC) Bailed to Convair for engineering/test support.

    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).

    4 March 1960

    To Convair, San Diego CA.

    4 March 1960

    Converted to a JF-106A.

    March 1961

    To Convair, San Diego CA for Test-To-Tactical upgrade.

    Converted to a F-106A-CO by Convair at San Diego, California, USA.

    19 April 1961

    To 11th FIS, 343rd FG, Duluth MAP MN.

    23 March 1965

    Transferred to 318th FIS, 325th FW, McChord AFB, WA.

    4 January 1983

    Loaned to 5th FIS, Minot AFB, ND.
    TDY- attrition replacement.

    12 February 1983

    Returned from loan to 318th FIS, McChord AFB, WA.

    3 September 1983

    Last flight.
    Final flight at 318th with 5875.9 airframe hours.

    November 1983

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    Loaned to McChord AFB (wa), 62 AW/CVM, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA.

    1 November 1983

    To McChord Air Museum, McChord Field, Tacoma, WA.
    View the Location Dossier

    11 September 2013


    Photographer: David Lednicer
    Notes: On display at the McChord Air Museum, with two AIM-4 Falcon air-to-air missiles extended
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