Guard Sixes & Others (Read 3,578 times)

Time for another cool F-106 photo I found somewhere on the interwebby!

Looks like a gorgeous day over the Atlantic! Seems like the 119th FIS made a bunch of these "artsy" shots. (Note the red tail hook, and that she's sans external tanks!)

I like!

Not a Guard Six, but not from an active squadron either.

Either way, neither way, whatever way, it's time for a Six pix!!!

Five bonus points for anyone who knows what all those little splotches are on the plane. Ten bonus points if you know what the original tail number was.

Cheating is allowed, and encouraged!! :rofl

would it be safe to assume that they are lighting hit points? Or was some whacko with a shot gun with big pellets just taking target practice, NAAAHHHH, maybe bird strikes,


Turkey for the masses who couldnt afford to buy a dinner in Richmond, their checks didnt get deposited.

5 POINTS!!!

Wouldn't that be a fun mission profile?!!

As Mark says... 5 points, although it would have been 10 points if stated as "the resulting burn markings 'from' a lightening strike". The marks themselves are not the actual hits, but burn marks made from the strike as it went through the aircraft. Exit points maybe?

:rofl just so everyone doesn't think it got hit my lightning that many times

Two F-106Bs (57-2507 and 57-2516) were supplied to NASA for use as systems development aircraft. They were redesignated NF-106B and assigned the civilian registration numbers N607NA and N616NA respectively.

F-106B 57-2516 arrived at Lewis Research Center in October of 1966, where it was assigned the NASA number 616. It was used for research and development in support of supersonic transport engine inlet design. It was later modified with two additional jet engines mounted underneath the wings. 616 was transferred to the Dryden Flight Research Facility at Edwards AFB in January of 1979, where it was renumbered 816. This plane was later loaned to Langley, where it was modified by the Langley Research Center in 1979 to evaluate the effect of lightning strikes on aircraft. In 1988, it was fitted with Langley-designed and manufactured wing leading-edge vortex flaps in connection with the Advanced Technology Fighter program. This aircraft was retired on May 17, 1991 (the last flight having been flown on March 5 from Langley AFB in Virginia) and is awaiting a replacement. The aircraft is now display at the Virginia Air and SpaceCenter at Hampton.

In March of 1981, F-106A serial number 59-0123 was transferred to NASA at Langley to serve as a spare for 816.

F-106B 57-2507 arrived at Lewis in September of 1972, where it was assigned the number 607. It was used for solar cell and ocean color scanning tests, which were designed to be used in water and land quality evaluation. In May of 1981, 607 was transferred to Langley. It was cut in half in 1984 for use in full-scale wind tunnel testing.

F-106B 59-2545 arrived at Langley on January 30, 1985. It is a non-flyable aircraft used for various tests.

F-106B number 57-2513 was used as a Rockwell B-1 chase aircraft by the San Antonio Air Logistics Center at Kelly AFB in Texas.

Here's an "other" Six pix. I like this one because it has the FOD screen (?) over the intake. Also note the paint coming off the tail of 458. A pretty cool photo!

I found this 48th FIS shot on the interwebby. My notes tell me it was taken at Tyndall in October, 1973.

Does anyone know the circumstances of this type of run? I see the pilot in the cockpit with helmet and (maybe) oxygen mask on, so my first thought was a launch, but obviously not with the intake screens.

Have you seen this photo? I found this last November looking through old issues of "The Spokesman Review", the local Spokane, WA newspaper that I found on Google. I sent this picture to Erv just before he passed, and he posted it on his site.

www.convairf-106deltadart.com/57252003Page.html