In the early days of Air Defense, we were know as Konhed’s. Always too busy in the cockpit to look outside. All of the early Air Defense fighters had black Cones along with their Air Defense Gray shinny paint scheme. The other aircrews would always walk away and sigh saying, you damn Konhed’s, if you’d ever look outside you might see the bandits. One look outside was worth 1000 sweeps of the radar. Flew the F-106 with the 49FIS and 119FIS/177FIG, then transitioned to the F-16 with the 119FIS/177FIG. When I arrived in Tucson, they dubbed me “Konhed” the only Air Defender to join the 162FIG. I’ve had the callsign since 1989.
Air Defense forever!