Aircraft assigned to the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) at Edwards AFB, CA, Air Force Systems Command at Holloman AFB, NM, and other test programs. Also, there was the 6520th Test Group, Electronic Research Division-ARDC (ESD) Hanscom Field. MA.
F-106A 56-0451, the first 106 built, and it's sister 56-0452, the 2nd Six built, were initially Convair company birds. If you look close at these birds they don't have a Tail Hook, which was added many years later. As the F-106 was initially designated as the F-102B notice fuselage Buzz Numbers using 'FC" such as 'FC-451'. The first three F-106's (56-0453 being the third) all had 'FC' buzz numbers, 'FC' being the F-102 designator, while 'FE' later became the F-106 specific designator. The aircraft you see here with FC on the side indicates it was in fact an F-102B at the time of the photo, very early in flight testing and not yet production, also indicated by the orange test and eval paint color schemes.
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560451 First Flight - FC Buzz Number
- 1608 visits
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560451 First Flight 1956
- 2126 visits
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560451 First Flight Landing
- 1517 visits
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560451 Landing
- 3164 visits
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560451 Sheaffer Tail Hook Tests
- 2272 visits
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560451 YF-106A 1957
- 2643 visits
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560452 FC Buzz Number
- 1791 visits
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560452 FC Buzz Number
- 1716 visits
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560452 Wing Fences FC Buzz Number
- 2020 visits
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560452 Wing Fences FC Buzz Number
- 2337 visits
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560452 Wing Fences FC Buzz Number
- 1694 visits
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560453 1958 FC Buzz Number
- 1953 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code
- 2647 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code
- 2694 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code
- 2681 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code
- 3720 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code
- 3207 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code and F-102A
- 2488 visits
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560453 F-102B FC Buzz Code and F-102A
- 1909 visits
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560454 1965/03
- 1340 visits
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560454 1965/03
- 1316 visits
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560454 Convair
- 2562 visits
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560454 IFR
- 3299 visits
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560454 JF-106A Convair Testing
- 2273 visits
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560454 JF-106A Convair Testing
- 2235 visits
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560455 Wing Fences
- 2044 visits
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560456
- 1170 visits
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560459 Joe Rogers Speed Record Walk Around
- 3657 visits
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560460
- 1514 visits
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560461
- 2010 visits
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560461
- 2502 visits
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560462
- 2122 visits
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560462
- 2505 visits
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560462
- 2839 visits
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560462 J-57-P-9
- 1795 visits
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560462 Wing Fences
- 2362 visits
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560464 Holloman AFB NM Flight Test
- 1199 visits
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560464 Holloman AFB NM Flight Test
- 1276 visits
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560464 Holloman AFB NM Flight Test
- 1198 visits
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560464 Holloman AFB NM Flight Test
- 1149 visits
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560467
- 1951 visits
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560467
- 1546 visits
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560467
- 2018 visits
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560467
- 1242 visits
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560467
- 1173 visits
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560467 1960
- 2089 visits
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560467 Open House 1961
- 1615 visits
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560467 Speed Record
- 2764 visits
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560467 Speed Record Debrief
- 2960 visits
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560467 Speed Record Maj Rogers
- 3064 visits
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560467 Speed Run
- 2006 visits
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570230 AFFTC
- 1188 visits
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570237 and F-107 Edwards 1959
- 2390 visits
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570237 Edwards 1959
- 2117 visits
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570238
- 1818 visits
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570238
- 1908 visits
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570242 Crash 27Oct1958 Parts
- 1762 visits
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572490 6520th Test Group
- 2062 visits
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572504
- 1134 visits
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572504
- 2156 visits
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572504 Press Photo
- 2393 visits
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572507 1958 First Flight
- 1748 visits
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572507 1958 First Flight
- 1623 visits
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572507 1959 AFFTC
- 1954 visits
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572507 1959 AFFTC
- 1550 visits
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572507 1959 AFFTC
- 926 visits
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572507 1959 AFFTC
- 822 visits
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572507 1965 Ejection Seat Testing
- 954 visits
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572507 Wing Fences
- 1822 visits
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572512 Wing Fences 1959
- 1608 visits
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572513 572516
- 1864 visits
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572514
- 1392 visits
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572514
- 1531 visits
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572519 1965
- 1183 visits
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572529 (01)
- 302 visits
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572529 (02)
- 294 visits
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572529 Edwards
- 1231 visits
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- 1006 visits
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59 0061 02large
- 974 visits
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59 0061 03large
- 972 visits