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Far left: F-106A number 59-0097 from the 87th FIS photographed at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas on December 16, 1972.
Near left: F-106A number 59-0102 with old tail markings. This photo was taken on February 12, 1972 at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas. |
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Near right: A four-ship of F-106A Delta Darts from the 87th Fighter Interceptor Squadron. This photo was taken at K. I. Sawyer sometime between 1979 and 1982.
Far right: A 1980 photo of the 87th FIS area taken from a T-33 Trainer.
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Far left: F-106A number 58-0772 from the 87th FIS photographed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona on August 2, 1981.
Near left: F-106A number 59-0035 from the 87th photographed during the 1984 William Tell Weapons Meet at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. This photo was taken on October 22, 1984.
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Near right: A 1969 photo of F-106A Delta Dart number 59-0051 in flight somewhere over the United States.
(Photo from Norm Taylor Collection) Far right: F-106A number 59-0096 from the 11th FIS, later to become the 87th FIS, sits in an alert hanger. Aircraft on Air Defense Alert are set up for flight prior to being placed on alert. They can be airborne within minutes of receiving a scramble. |
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Far left: A photo of F-106A number 59-0094 from the 87th FIS taken on September 22, 1972 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida during the 1972 William Tell Weapons Meet.
Near left: F-106A number 59-0095 photographed on October 14, 1982 at Tyndall AFB, Florida during the 1982 William Tell Weapons Meet.
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Near right: A photo of F-106A number 57-0230 from the 87th FIS. This photo was taken on January 3, 1981 at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas. This aircraft is currently on static display at
Jacksonville, Florida.
Far right: A photo of F-106A number 57-0235 from the 87th taken on May 5, 1979 at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas.
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Far left and center: Photos of F-106B number 57-2547 from the 87th FIS as it sits in hanger number 424. These pictures were taken on August 15, 1985 at K. I. Sawyer.
Near left: F-106B number 57-2547 photographed on August 15, 1985 as it departs K. I. Sawyer for the last time in route
to AMARC at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.
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A series of photos of F-106A Delta Darts from the 87th Fighter Interceptor Squadron. The dates and locations of these photos is unknown. (Photos from Norm Taylor Collection) |
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| 56-0466 | 57-0230 | 57-0231 | 59-0035 |
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| 59-0051 | 59-0053 | 59-0066 | 59-0091 | 59-0094 |
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| 59-0096 | 59-0097 | 59-0099 | 59-0102 |
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Far Left: Two F-106A Delta Darts from the 87th taxi after landing at Sawyer. The TAC alert area can be seen in the distance on the right. The
large B-52H/KC-135A ramp area can be seen on the left. This photo was taken between 1980 and 1982.
(Photo courtesy Jamie Smith 410th Security Police)
Near left: F-106A Delta Darts from the 87th FIS parked on the TAC C-Ramp. This photo was taken
at K. I. Sawyer between 1979 and 1982.
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Near right: A good shot of F-106A number 58-0772 from the 87th shortly after landing at Sawyer. This photo was taken between 1980 and 1982.
Far right: A head on photo of an F-106A from the 87th taken at Sawyer between 1980 and 1982.
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Far left: F-106A number 56-0466 from the 87th FIS as it returns from a mission during the 1984 William Tell Weapons Meet at Tyndall
AFB, Florida. The 87th was the only active duty F-106A squadron to compete in the 1984 weapons meet.
(Photo via F-106 pilot John C. Buckley) Near left: A photo of F-106A number 59-0095 taken at K. I. Sawyer sometime in the late seventies or early eighties. Note the Tactical Air Defense badge on the nose. |
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Two photos of the tail section of 59-0091 showing the early tail insignia on the left and an early bull insignia on the right. Note the white outline on the bull's head.
(Photos from Norm Taylor Collection) |
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Far left: F-106A number 59-0086 from the 87th FIS in flight somewhere over the United States.
(Photo by Doug Barbier from Marty Isham Collection)
Near left: A photo of 59-0086 taken on Sept. 4, 1985 leaving K. I. Sawyer for the last time in route to AMARC at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. |
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Near right: A 1980 photo of five F-106A's from the 87th FIS TDY at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.
Far right: A photo from April 1982 of 59-0091 taken near the 87th FIS alert area. In the distance on the left three KC-135A
stratotankers can be seen on the tanker alert pad.
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Far left: F-106A Delta Darts numbers 56-0466, 59-0051, 59-0097, and 59-0035 from the 87th FIS photographed at the 1982 William Tell Weapons Meet at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.
(Photo from Norm Taylor Collection) Center: A photo of F-106A number 59-0053 taken on November 6, 1976 at K. I. Sawyer. This aircraft has the name '' The City of Marquette '' but is not the same aircraft which took part in the 1972 William Tell Weapons Meet. Far right: F-106A number 59-0096 as it appeared on September 22, 1972 at the William Tell Weapons Meet, Tyndall AFB, Florida. Note the slight difference in the size and shape of the tail markings. (Photo from Norm Taylor Collection) |
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The pictures to the right are night shots of the March 1982 Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). Notice that one of the F-106A's in the photo on the far right is not from the 87th. This aircraft is a replacement from the TTW at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.
(Photos courtesy Rob Stewart) |
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Far left: F-106A number 59-0091 displaying old tail markings. Photo taken at Kelly AFB, Texas on November 20, 1971.
Near left: A photo of F-106A number 59-0093 from the 87th FIS with old tail markings. This photo was taken in September 1970 at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas.
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Near right: F-106A number 59-0089 from the 87th with old tail markings. This photo was taken in May 1969 at Duluth International Airport,
Minnesota. This aircraft crashed on November 26, 1972.
Far right: A photo of F-106A number 59-0101 from the 87th with no tail markings. This photo was taken in July 1973 at Richards-Gebaur
AFB, Missouri. This aircraft crashed on July 18, 1979.
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Five F-106A's from The 87th Fighter Interceptor Squadron as they appeared
at the 1972 William Tell Weapons Meet at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. (Photos from Norm Taylor Collection) | 
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Far left: A springtime photo taken at K. I. Sawyer sometime between 1979 and 1982. F-106A numbers 59-0090, 59-0099, and 59-0086 from the 87th parked on the south side of hanger number 723.
(Photo courtesy Rob Stewart)
Near left: A photo of F-106B number 59-0155 ''double nickel'' while serving with the 11th Fighter Interceptor Squadron located at Duluth Municipal Airport, Minnesota.
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Near right: F-106A number 59-0032 displaying old tail markings. This photo was taken in May 1969 at Forbes AFB, Kansas.
Far right: A photo of F-106A number 59-0090 from the 87th taken in July 1982 at Glenview Naval Air Station, Illinois.
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Far left: F-106A number 59-0072 photographed at St. Louis Regional Airport in November of 1990.
Near left: A photo of F-106A number 59-0089 from the 87th FIS still displaying old tail markings.This photo was taken in July of 1971.
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Near right: F-106B number 59-0160 displaying slightly different bull markings. This photo was taken in the early seventies at K. I. Sawyer. This aircraft crashed on June 12, 1974.
Far right: A photo of F-106A number 57-0235 taken at K. I. Sawyer on April 17, 1978. |
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Far left: F-106A number 59-0096 photographed at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida on October 10, 1980 during the 1980 William Tell Weapons Meet.
Near left: A photo of F-106A number 57-0231 displaying old tail markings.This aircraft crashed on May 28, 1981.
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