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    Airframe Family: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger / F-106 Delta Dart
    Latest Model:F-106A-100-CO Delta Dart
    Last Military Serial:58-0793 USAF
    Construction Number:8-24-124
    Latest Owner or Location:Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, California

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    Dates

    Event

    November 1959

    Constructed as a F-106A-100-CO by Convair at San Diego, California, USA.

    November 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 58-0793.

    23 November 1959

    Transferred to 27th FIS Fighting Eagles, Loring AFB, ME.

    22 June 1960

    Transferred to 94th FIS Hat in the Ring, 1st FG, Selfridge AFB, MI.

    16 December 1968

    Transferred to 71st FIS The Ironmen, Osan AB, South Korea.

    20 November 1969

    Transferred to 94th FIS Hat in the Ring, 1st FG, Selfridge AFB, MI.
    In December unit moved to Wurtsmith AFB, MI.

    1 July 1971

    Transferred to 2nd FIS American Beagles, Wurtsmith AFB, MI.

    7 March 1973

    Transferred to 191st FIG (ANG), Selfridge AFB, MI.

    23 June 1978

    Transferred to 119th FIS (ANG), Atlantic City ANG Base, NJ.

    22 September 1978

    Transferred to 84th FIS, Castle AFB, CA.

    5 October 1978


    Photographer: Phillip Dawe
    Notes: 58-0793 - F-106A Delta Dart - USAF / 84FIS - Castle AFB -Converted to QF-106A and retired February in 1998. Displayed at Castle Air Museum as 72456.

    June 1981

    Transferred to 5th FIS Spittin Kittens, Minot AFB, ND.

    27 July 1981


    Photographer: SSgt Bill Thompson
    Notes: Convair F-106A Delta Dart fighters (s/n 58-0793, 59-0002, 59-0005, 59-0006) from the 5th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Minot Air Force Base, ND, fly over Mount Rushmore, SD, USA.

    From 7 January 1985 to 21 April 1993

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FN065.

    1993

    Converted to a QF-106A.
    Conversion work done by the American Electronic Laboratories, East Alton, IL under Pacer Six Program.

    30 July 1993

    Transferred to Air Defense Weapons Center, Tyndall AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: AD242

    From 23 February 1998 to 4 September 2002

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FN0204.

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

    Loaned to Castle Air Museum, Atwater, CA.

    21 December 2002

    Placed on display with Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, CA.
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    Restored as a F-106A-100-CO.
    Markings Applied: U.S. AIR FORCE, 0-72456
    Painted as USAF s/n 57-2456 which was converted to QF-106A standard and shoot down by AIM-7M missile on 21 Jul 1994.

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    1 May 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: At the Castle Air Museum in Atwater, CA, USA.

    28 September 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Castle Air Museum, CA, U.S.A.


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Getting some gas


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    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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    Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson
    Marcin Rogowski

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