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    Airframe Family: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
    Latest Model:F-14A-105-GR Tomcat
    Last Military Serial:160896 USN
    Construction Number:325
    Latest Owner or Location:US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal School, Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-14A-105-GR by Grumman at Bethpage, New York, USA.

    Circa 1979

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 160896.

    December 1980

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AB-200

    By February 1985

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 74 (VF-74), USS Saratoga.
    Operated with markings: AA-101

    From 26 August 1985 to 16 April 1986

    Deployed to Mediterranean/Libya.

    1986

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 103 (VF-103), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AA-202

    Circa 1988

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 101 (VF-101), NAS Oceana, VA.

    From By September 1990 to After March 1995

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AC-205

    From Circa September 1990 to Circa March 1991

    Deployed aboard USS John F. Kennedy to Mid-East to participate in Operation Desert Storm.

    By 1998

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 101 (VF-101), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AD-235

    9 February 1998


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids Airport, Iowa

    9 February 1998


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids Airport, Iowa

    31 October 1998

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    From Unknown to After May 2011

    To US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal School, Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, FL.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aircraft Resource Center
    AirFighters.com
    ARC Forums
    Cloud 9 Photography
    Go! Navy by Takafumi Hiroe
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    The Grumman F-14 Reference Work by Torsten Anft
    Top Edge
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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