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AIRCRAFT
 
318 FIS F-106 DELTA Dart INVENTORY
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY MARTY ISHAM & ERV SMALLEY VIA F-106DELTADART.COM
 
 
SERIAL No MFG DATE 318 FIS IN 318 FIS OUT NOTE
56-0459 20 DEC 57 (# 7) 23 Mar 65 06 Oct 83 01 Nov 83
F-106A 56-0459 pictured at Luke AFB, AZ in the early 80's - (photo by Kevin L. Patrick - deviantart)
 
 
AIRCRAFT UNIT ASSIGNMENT & HISTORY
 
DATE UNIT BASE
02 Jan 58 f-106 test force
(engineering & test support)
EDWARDS AFB, CA
 
Air Force Flight Test Center 1958-1959 (usaf photo - (mcchord air museum)

PILOT MAJ JOE ROGERS PREPARES TO BOARD -0459 BEFORE A FLIGHT IN "FIREWALL"  - (mcchord air museum)
 
F-106 56-0459 lifting off during project firewall - December 1959 (usaf photo - (mcchord air museum)
04 Mar 60 modified TO jf-106 STANDARD convair - SAN DIEGO, CA
Mar 1961 TEST-TO-TACTICAL UPGRADE
(15TH OF 35 upgraded to f-106 standard)
convair - SAN DIEGO, CA
19 Apr 61 11 FIS / 343  FG (adc) Duluth MAP, MN

05 Nov 62  (by Charles B. Mayer - Marty Isham Collection - www.convairf-106deltadart.com)
23 Mar 65 318 FIS / 325 FW (adc) McChord AFB, WA
05 jul 67 Sacramento Air Logistics CTR McClellan AFB, CA
05 sep 67 318 FIS / 325 FW (adc) McChord AFB, WA
10 apr 68 Sacramento Air Logistics CTR McClellan AFB, CA
01 Jul 68 318 FIS (adcom) McChord AFB, WA
18 jun 72 Sacramento Air Logistics CTR McClellan AFB, CA
30 mar 72 318 FIS (adcom) McChord AFB, WA
 
22 Sep 72 at William Tell 72 (by Norm Taylor Marty Isham Collection - www.convairf-106deltadart.com)
01 oct 73 Sacramento Air Logistics CTR McClellan AFB, CA
01 dec 73 318 FIS (adcom) McChord AFB, WA
16 feb 77 Sacramento Air Logistics CTR McClellan AFB, CA
17 jul 78 318 FIS (adcom) McChord AFB, WA
 
F-106A 56-0459, 318 fis  in late the late 1970's
01 Oct 79 318 fis (from adcom to tac) McChord AFB, WA
04 Jan 83 5 FIS (tac)
(ATTRITION REPLACEMENT)
Minot AFB ND

at Det. 1 - 5 FIS, Davis Monthan AFB, AZ - 9 Feb 1983 (Brian C Rogers,  USAF Unit Designations since 1978)
12 Feb 83 318 FIS (tac) McChord AFB, WA
03 Sep 83 318 FIS (FINAL FLIGHT) McChord AFB, WA
06 Oct 83 INACTIVE STATUS - 318 fis (tac)
(with 4,286.4 airframe hrs)
McChord AFB, WA
01 Nov 83 display - McChord Air Museum
(62 maw - air force museum program)
McChord AFB, WA
 
On display at McCHORD afb's overlook hill (ernest white - mcchord air museum)
05 July 89 for display 25 ad / nwads hq
(25 ad - air force museum program)
McChord AFB, WA 
01 May 91 display - McChord Air Museum
(62 aw - air force museum program)
McChord AFB, WA
 
56-0459 at the mcchord air museum-mid 2001 (ernest white - McCHORD air museum)

REPAINTED WITH ADC MARKINGS -0459 IS NOW LOCATED ON mCcHORDs heritage hill
(ernest white - McCHORD air museum)
 
ASSIGNED CREW  
CAPT. RANDY NEVILLE 1980 - 1983 
   
 SRA AHMAD McGEE 19?? - 1983