57-2456
Lineage
Mar 1959 - 51st F-106 produced by Convair at San Diego CA
25 May 59 - To 539th FIS McGuire AFB NJ
02 Jun 67 - To 456th FIS Castle AFB CA
01 Jul 68 - To 456th FIS Oxnard AFB CA
08 Jul 68 - To 437th FIS, 414th FG, Oxnard AFB CA
30 Sep 68 - To 460th FIS, 414th FG, Oxnard AFB CA
01 Dec 69 - To 460th FIS, 408th FG, Kingsley Field OR
01 Oct 70 - To 460th FIS Kingsley Field OR
11 May 71 - To 460 FIS Grand Forks AFB ND
03 Apr 72 - To 319th FIS Malmstrom AFB MT
28 Apr 72 - To 186th FIS, 120th FIG, Great Falls IAP MT (ANG)
03 Sep 74 - To 84th FIS Castle AFB CA (ADC)
16 Jun 78 - To 186th FIS, 120th FIG, Great Falls IAP MT (ANG)
04 May 87 - To Davis Monthan AFB AZ for storage FN139
12 Mar 92 - To AEL Inc, East Alton IL for drone conversion
03 Jun 92 - To Tyndall AFB FL as QF-106 drone S/N AD189
21 Jul 94 - Shot down on 1st NULLO by an AIM-7M
Note: This tail number (57-2456) is now applied on the F-106 display (formerly 58-0793) at the Castle Air Museum in CA. Also, 57-2456 was a "round-eye" instrumented bird whereas 58-0793 (now painted as 57-2456) is a "vertical tape" instrumented bird.
Compiled by Erv Smalley & Marty Isham