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F-106B 57-2514 assigned to the 119 FIS, 177 FIG, New Jersey ANG, based at Atlantic City MAP and seen transient at Luke AFB.Related content
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I remember seeing one of these make a fly by at the McGuire AFB air show in 1981.
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Because the F-106 is the best of the Century Series.
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The F-106 was particularly beautiful when in a break over the field for landing. Seeing that big delta planform was striking!
I still prefer the F-102 over the F-106 however.
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Yeah it was a gorgeous airframe. I think of anyone who's familiar with those aircraft, I don't find many who like the F-102, cool stuff.
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Great! I had read this plane wasn't a great success. Is that correct. Rare photo, I'd say!
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The F-106 was very successful. It was a very powerful aircraft with a good fire control system. The weak point of all air defense acft of it's genre was the Hughes AIM-4 Falcon missile
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Okay, my mistake. There was another one with a similar canopy that I was thinking of (I think!)
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Not too often you see an F-106 and an F/A-18 in the same picture.
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The F-18's came into service around 1982. The F-106 was retired in Aug 1988.
The acft in the background were early F-18B (TF-18A) aircraft from the VFA-125 training squadron.
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I was never a fan of the "new" iteration of the New Jersey marks like on this acft, but it IS an F-106!
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