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Post by pat perry on Jul 1, 2014 9:41:20 GMT 9
Found this on eBay, and had to have it. It's an AP photo from 14 May 1963 of what I'm pretty sure is a Six from the 95th FIS. A couple of VERY COOL things in this pic. First, the gentleman in the center is Retired, Major General Benjamin Delahauf Foulois. He is known as "The One-Man Air Force", and I urge all to google him!! The second is the pilot is wearing the ejection seat "stirrups." Just an awesome shot! (Now, if I only knew the tail number!) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Foulois Mark, Great picture! If you have a photo editing program, you may be able to crank up the contrast enough to get the tail number off this aircraft. I have changed over to Win 8.1 and don't yet have a new photo editor program like Photoshop.
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Post by Mark O on Jul 1, 2014 13:32:23 GMT 9
I would venture that the person on the right in pilots suit and wearing the strap-ons is not a F-106 pilot, but a guest. The pilot would be the guy on left with a six badge on sleeve and wearing the custom boot with built in cable adapter. All of our pilots wore the boots with built in stirrups for the ejection seat. In my years on the six I never saw a pair of those. When I got my first B-Model ride I was issued a pair of boots with the stirrups. The seat had a pair of cables with a small ball on end to fit into the slot in stirrups. In the early years our crews also wore the pressure suits for most missions as well. And the international orange was favorite color suit. Lorin Thanks for the info Lorin. I am wondering however if the strap-on style the big guy on the right is wearing was some "alternate" type? Obviously I was not there, but I am very curious as to what exactly he is wearing. Surely an ejection seat type stirrup. (He does seem to have some pretty big feet, and well, ya never know. Maybe they didn't have his size boots.) Additionally, he is wearing an ADC "qualified" patch on his shoulder, is standing there next to a Six, and it does seem, well, natural. The guy on the left seems older (squadron commander? DO?) and giving the briefing to a retired Maj. Gen. The guy on the right is definitely wearing a brighter colored flight suit. (Which one is "orange?") (BTW, you know what they say about a guy who has big feet, don't you? He wears big boots!)  |
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Post by Mark O on Jul 1, 2014 13:52:56 GMT 9
Great picture! If you have a photo editing program, you may be able to crank up the contrast enough to get the tail number off this aircraft. I have changed over to Win 8.1 and don't yet have a new photo editor program like Photoshop. Well, I messed with it a bit, but I don't know. This is at 600 dpi, and some adjusting. Definitely a 95th bird, and 72xxx is the best I can see.  |
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Post by Jim on Jul 1, 2014 23:31:40 GMT 9
I would venture that the person on the right in pilots suit and wearing the strap-ons is not a F-106 pilot, but a guest. The pilot would be the guy on left with a six badge on sleeve and wearing the custom boot with built in cable adapter. All of our pilots wore the boots with built in stirrups for the ejection seat. In my years on the six I never saw a pair of those. When I got my first B-Model ride I was issued a pair of boots with the stirrups. The seat had a pair of cables with a small ball on end to fit into the slot in stirrups. In the early years our crews also wore the pressure suits for most missions as well. And the international orange was favorite color suit. Lorin Thanks for the info Lorin. I am wondering however if the strap-on style the big guy on the right is wearing was some "alternate" type? Obviously I was not there, but I am very curious as to what exactly he is wearing. Surely an ejection seat type stirrup. (He does seem to have some pretty big feet, and well, ya never know. Maybe they didn't have his size boots.) Additionally, he is wearing an ADC "qualified" patch on his shoulder, is standing there next to a Six, and it does seem, well, natural. The guy on the left seems older (squadron commander? DO?) and giving the briefing to a retired Maj. Gen. The guy on the right is definitely wearing a brighter colored flight suit. (Which one is "orange?") (BTW, you know what they say about a guy who has big feet, don't you? He wears big boots!) Notice that the older guy is wearing a boot equipped with the spur..... And flight suit is bloused over the boots.. They are standing by an A model and not a B, so why would the other guy be wearing the "GUEST" strap-ons?, No helmets are shown in the photo, either........ No "G" suits on either guy is also indicative of it not being after a flight type photo. I believe the photo is a staged "debriefing " photo for the general's collection.......He also took a hell of a lot of credit for early flight stuff that wasn't his to claim. |
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Post by LBer1568 on Jul 1, 2014 23:41:14 GMT 9
The tall guy reminds me of our 539th FIS Commander from 1964-1966, Col Guy Hurst Jr. He was 6'4 and went 225. He was told if he ever had to eject, he would probably lose his legs due to his height. They would be under the instrument panel too far. So the tall guy would be in same category. I agree with the staged photo, we saw a lot of that in early years. At McGuire AFB our B models saw a lot of General Officers getting a ride. Many were qualified pilots and would fly from front seat. It took a strong willed Instructor to ride in back seat for first time flight, but hey, Generals can fly anything. Lorin |
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Post by Jim on Jul 2, 2014 2:49:24 GMT 9
The tall guy reminds me of our 539th FIS Commander from 1964-1966, Col Guy Hurst Jr. He was 6'4 and went 225. He was told if he ever had to eject, he would probably lose his legs due to his height. They would be under the instrument panel too far. So the tall guy would be in same category. I agree with the staged photo, we saw a lot of that in early years. At McGuire AFB our B models saw a lot of General Officers getting a ride. Many were qualified pilots and would fly from front seat. It took a strong willed Instructor to ride in back seat for first time flight, but hey, Generals can fly anything. Lorin Crash em too- 49 thFIS |
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Post by LBer1568 on Jul 2, 2014 6:46:54 GMT 9
Major General James L. Price who was 21 AF Commander had lightning strike after take off. He was commander of Tyndall ADC Weapons Center while I was there. I talked with him regularly as he flew the six on most weekends. He was single and used F-106A models as his cross country vehicle. Some weekends he would visit several locations during his cross country. I worked debriefing most standby weekends when aircraft would return. Take time away from fixing MA-1 systems. ADC/AF had a rule that general officers could not fly single seat/single engine aircraft. But they all waived the rule and flew anyway. |
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Post by Mark O on Aug 29, 2014 8:36:56 GMT 9
Time for a Six pic! (This thread has been negleted for too long!) I really didn't stumble upon this one per se. Gary posted it on Facebook, and the story is, prints of this photo were sold by the 318th. (At the squadron to raise party funds, I presume?!) Very cool photo nonetheless. My guess is it was taken late-1980 (clearly post-May 18, 1980 eruption), or summer 1981 as the snow is relatively light on Mt. St. Helens, and the dome has some significant height to it. Brought back a bunch of memories of the actual eruption when I lived in Moses Lake. Thanks Gary!! This is now the current screen background on my laptop, and I added it to the 318th FIS gallery!  |
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Post by Gene on Feb 25, 2016 5:45:53 GMT 9
 just ran across this...probably my first photo shoot of the "6"....1964 airshow, Hickam afb, Hawaii. I think it was part of HANG. hawaian air nat'l guard. stationed on Oahu... I was 14 at the time. |
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Post by LBer1568 on Feb 25, 2016 7:06:42 GMT 9
Too young to spot a deuce?
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Post by Gene on Feb 25, 2016 7:11:20 GMT 9
is it?? thought I read the little info stand...
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Post by Gene on Feb 25, 2016 7:28:22 GMT 9
 I found this on the hiang web site |
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Post by Jim on Feb 25, 2016 7:52:35 GMT 9
I found this on the hiang web site |
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Post by Gene on Feb 25, 2016 8:05:05 GMT 9
how about the a/c in my pic?
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Post by Mark O on Feb 25, 2016 8:35:34 GMT 9
The 86 could be a D, K, L, or even an M 52-4174 was built as an F-86D, and converted to an L-model. (From Joe Baugher's web site.) |
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Post by Mark O on Feb 25, 2016 8:37:04 GMT 9
how about the a/c in my pic? Also a Duece Gene. BTW, I've been on that ramp, and in that building plenty of times! Used to go there all the time when I was stationed at Grand Forks AFB on KC-135s. Many times it was just for the weekend, as we had to get the pilots trained up on RVSM (Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum) flying, and you had to fly overseas to do it! Broke in Hawaii a few times, and had some unplanned, extended stays. Fun times! Mark O |
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Post by Jim on Feb 25, 2016 12:11:54 GMT 9
how about the a/c in my pic? F-102A-55-CO s/n 56-0981 *USAF 317th FIS. *USAF 86th FIS. *USAF 68th FIS. *Hawaii ANG 199th FIS. *Arizona ANG 152nd FIS. *10/1969: Transferred to the Greek AF. *1972: 114th Wing. *Withdrawn from use at Elefsis AB, Greece. *Currently stored at Elefsis AB, Greece.  |
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Post by Gene on Feb 25, 2016 13:17:35 GMT 9
i can barely remember the flightline at hik. . I remember having the large corner backyard that was arcross from the maingate at pearl.
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Post by Mark O on Feb 26, 2016 7:40:56 GMT 9
i can barely remember the flightline at hik. . I remember having the large corner backyard that was arcross from the maingate at pearl. Gotta a couple of pics of the flight line, but this one I took from my hotel room of Diamond Head in March, 2004 is more interesting! They sure put us up in some nice hotels on Waikiki Beach! Definitely miss that!  |
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Post by Mark O on Feb 26, 2016 7:47:41 GMT 9
how about the a/c in my pic? F-102A-55-CO s/n 56-0981 *USAF 317th FIS. ... There's your F-106 connection right there! Colonel Joe Rogers was the commander of the 317th, and we all know HIS history with the F-106!! Cool!  Mark O |
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