| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 58-0774 |
| Alternate Serial: | 80774 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Convair F-106 Delta Dart (8) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair F-106 Delta Dart |
| Aircraft Version: | Convair F-106A Delta Dart |
| C/n (msn): | 8-24-105 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Fresno - Yosemite InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KFAT IATA: FAT Local: FAT Other: - |
| Photo Date: | September 1979 |
| Photo by: | Richard Vandervord |
| Photo ID: | 22360 |
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This was the 133rd F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego in 1959 and flew with five different Fighter Interceptor Squadrons before reaching the 194th FIS at Fresno in 1974. Ten years later it went in storage at DM AFB but emerged in 1991 for conversion to a QF-106 drone, becoming Tyndall-based. It returned to DM in 1998 but was selected for preservation in the Aerospace Museum at Hill AFB, UT, where it has undergone a superb restoration for display in the marks of its first unit, the 456th FIS (Castle) This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 22 November 2017, and has since been viewed 465 times. |