page_title: Convair F-106 Delta Dart
section_title: Aircraft on display
hierarchical_section_title: Convair F-106 Delta Dart / Aircraft on display
caption_attribution_description: English: An F-106A Delta Dart aircraft passes over the Mojave Desert while en route to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., where it will be used in the QF-106 drone program. The aircraft, which was the second-to-last F-106 in active service, had been used as a safety chase aircraft in the B-1B aircraft production acceptance flight test program.
context_page_description: The Convair F-106 Delta Dart was the primary all-weather interceptor aircraft of the United States Air Force from the 1960s through to the 1980s. Designed as the so-called "Ultimate Interceptor", it proved to be the last dedicated interceptor in U.S. Air Force service to date. It was gradually retired during the 1980s, with the QF-106 drone conversions of the aircraft being used until 1998 under the Pacer Six program.
context_section_description: F-106A
  56-0451 – Selfridge Military Air Museum, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan.
  56-0454 – Holloman AFB, New Mexico.
  56-0459 – McChord Air Museum, McChord AFB, Washington.
  56-0460 – Minot AFB, North Dakota.
  56-0461 – K. I. Sawyer AFB Heritage Air Museum at the former K. I. Sawyer AFB / now Sawyer International Airport, Marquette, Michigan.
  57-0230 – 125th Fighter Wing, Jacksonville Air National Guard Base at Jacksonville International Airport, Florida.
  58-0774 – Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, Utah.
  58-0787 – National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio.  Nicknamed the "Cornfield Bomber", this F-106 landed itself with relatively minor damage in a farmer's field after its pilot lost control and ejected.  It last served with the 49th Fighter Squadron before being brought to the museum in August 1986.
  58-0793 – Castle Air Museum at the former Castle AFB, Atwater, California.
  59-0003 – Pima Air & Space Museum, adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona.
  59-0010 – Aerospace Museum of California, McClellan Airfield (former McClellan AFB), Sacramento, California.
  59-0023 – Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Delaware.
  59-0043 – 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona.
  59-0069 – Great Falls Air National Guard Base, Great Falls Airport, Montana.
  59-0086 – Pacific Coast Air Museum, Santa Rosa, California.
  59-0105 – Camp Blanding Museum, Camp Blanding Florida National Guard Joint Training Center, Middleburg, Florida.
  59-0123 – Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB, Warner Robins, Georgia.
  59-0134 – Peterson Air and Space Museum, Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  59-0137 – Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, McMinnville, Oregon.
  59-0145 – Tyndall Air Park, Tyndall AFB, Florida.
  59-0146 – 144th Fighter Wing, Fresno Air National Guard Base, Fresno, California.
  F-106B
  57-2513 – Yanks Air Museum, Chino, California.
  57-2523 – Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, Atlantic City, New Jersey.
  57-2533 – Kelly Field Heritage Museum, Lackland AFB/Kelly Field (former Kelly AFB), Texas.
  59-0158 – Edwards AFB Century Circle, Edwards AFB, California.
  NF-106B
  57-2516 – Virginia Air and Space Center / Hampton History Center, Hampton, Virginia.
caption: One of the last two F-106s in active service, seen here in 1990 as a safety chase aircraft in the B-1B aircraft production acceptance flight test program.
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