F-106A 59-0022 and 59-0051 of the 318th FIS when 318th FIS/498th FIS first deployed to Elmendorf AFB AK in July 1963 with the 325th FW from McChord AFB WA to stand alert in "Operation White Shoes". To streamline maintenance and training at McChord, the 498th exchanged their older F-106's with the newer model of F-106 from the 456th FIS in Oxnard AFB, CA, which flew a similar model as the 318th FIS. Notice the sub-sonic wing tanks. Photo by Norm Taylor.