From: "Bergin, Donald, M, SMS, 125 MAINTENANCE SQ, LGMF" <donaid.bergin@fljack.ang.af.mil> To: <e-s-smalley@sprynet.com>

Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 10:08 AM

Subject: F-106 Static Display At 125th FW Jax

Sorry it took so long to get the info for you, I had to search back through

the achieves.

We moved the F- 1 06 from Charleston AFB to Jax on Feb 20,1993.We airlifted

the complete aircraft stung under a Army CH-47,assigned to Hunter Army

Airfield in Savannah GA. it was done in two hops, with a crew change and

fuel stop at Hunter. The second crew was a all female crew, a first for

their unit. They had just converted from the Sikorski Sky Crane and were

anxious to get some real training. Until then they had been Ming concrete

blocks.

The F- 1 06 had previously been on display at a little museum on the base

located next to the alert facility. The aircraft had bellied in and was not

repairable. The gm bay doors must have been destroyed because they were

gone and the complete belly covered with new shectmetal.The speed boards are

reproductions and really look good. The aircraft weighed 13,000 pounds the

day of the UR. I am trying to find photos of the aircraft 0, but have

only been able to find a video. We will try to make prints off of it.

I am the Fabrication Branch here at the 125th and was a painter and sheet

metal technician during the F- 1 06 days. My last F- 1 06 paint job was the

aircraft now located at the Camp Blanding Site. It really turned out great.

My men and I spent 3 weeks prepping and painting it in the hot Florida

weather.

If there is anything else I can help you with just shoot me a enna or give

me a call.

SMSgt Donald M. Bergin

Fabrication Section Super

125th FW

904-741-7350

DSN 641-7350