Lineage History F-106A 580782

Manufacturer:

Convair

Model:

F-106A

USAF S/N:

580782

Production Year:

1958

Production C/N No.:

142

No. Built

340 (277 A, 63 B)

Production Date:

1959-10-01

Delivery Date:

1959-12-28

Ended Service:

1993-07-13

Airframe Hours:

unknown

Units Assigned:

119th,159th,194th,319th,460th,71st,94th

Units Assigned - ADC:

73AD

Units Assigned - Test/Eval:

4750,4756

History Lineage:

Oct 1959 - 142nd F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA
05 Nov 59 - To 4750th TS McDill AFB FL
29 Apr 60 - To 4756th ADW Tyndall AFB FL
25 Jun 60 - To 73rd AD Tyndall AFB FL (Per page 84 of Wings of Fame, 58-0782 had been on loan to NASA as an astronaut flight proficiency aircraft with assignment locations of Langley VA 1961, Ellington AFB TX 1962,and possibly Patrick AFB FL.) {Also, first photo below shows the bird with ARDC Wright-Pat AFB OH patches ~ 1960/1961}
06 Apr 62 - To 94th FIS, 1st FW, Selfridge AFB MI
27 Jun 69 - To 71st FIS Malmstrom AFB MT
01 Jul 71 - To 319th FIS Malmstrom AFB MT
12 Apr 72 - To 460th FIS Grand Forks AFB ND
07 Jun 74 - To 194th FIS/144th FIG Fresno CA ANG
31 Jul 83 - To 159th FIS/125th FIG Jacksonville FL ANG
29 Dec 86 - To 119th FIS/177th FIG Atlantic City NJ ANG
17 Mar 87 - To Davis Monthan AFB AZ for storage FN122
06 May 91 - To AEL Inc., East Alton IL for drone conversion
25 Sep91 - To Tyndall AFB FL as QF-106 drone S/N AD147
30 Mar 93 - Shot down on 5th NULLO by an AIM-120 from a Sea Harrier

AMARC Arrival:

17-03-1987

AMARC Storage PCN ID No.:

FN122

QF Drone Conversion:

QF Drone ID No.:

AD147

QF Drone Shotdown:

Shotdown By:

QF Drone Lost on Nullo No.:

Deployed to Osan AB Korea:

B-1B Chase Plane:

Crash

Crew Ejected:

Pilot Front / Pilot Rear:

Pilot Rear:

Accident Report No:

Destroyed:

Written-Off:

Survivor:

Static Display Painted As:

TAC Conventional: Models produced with Tactical 'Round Eye' instruments.

Conventional: Models were originally committed as TEST or BAILMENT aircraft..

TEST-to-TACTICAL: Models returned to Convair and upgraded from TAC Conventional to Vertical
instruments in 1961. Fuselage cut in half at station 412 (Aft bulkhead missile bay) and a new fuselage, cockpit section,
and nose section was installed with the latest production avionics, the same as the last F-106A 590148 and F-106B 590165.
A total of 35 aircraft (28 "A" models and 7 "B" models) were converted and reassigned to various ADC units..

Vertical, 1st Produced: First 'A' and 'B' models produced with vertical instruments.
Tactical Vertical: Models factory produced w/Tactical Vertical instruments: late 1957 and all 1958, 1959..

F-106 Specifications

Role/Function	Fighter-Interceptor
Manufacturer	Convair Division of General Dynamics
Country	United States
Crew	'A' Model 1, 'B' Model 2
Power plant	Pratt & Whitney J-75-P-17 Turbojet
Thrust	24,500 lbs. in Afterburner
Max Speed	1,525 mph (Mach 2.31) @ 40,000 ft
Service Ceiling	53,000 ft
Wing Span	38 ft. 3½ in.
Length	70 ft 8.78in
Height	20 ft 3.3in
Weight	23,646 lb. empty, 41,831 lb max
Cost USD	$3,305,435 Initial, $4.7M after MODS
Range	2,700 mi. max fuel w/ext tanks
No. Built	340 (277 'A', 63 'B')
Armament	AIR-2A (1) AIM-4 (4) M61A1 (1)
Fire Control System	Hughes MA-1 / IBM Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) System
Ejection Seats
1st Seat	Weber Aircraft Corporation Interim seat, not Zero-Zero, inadequate for supersonic speed ejections.
2nd Seat	Convair/ICESC (Industry Crew Escape System Committee) Supersonic Rotational B-seat, called the supersonic 'Bobsled'.
3rd Seat Final	Weber Aircraft Corporation Zero-Zero ROCAT (Rocket Catapult), Zero-Zero, High-altitude supersonic ejections, retro-fitted to all aircraft.
Mfr. Model #	MK No. 8-24

Instruments - Tactical Vertical:

Last Update:

31-05-2021

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