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    Airframe Family: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
    Latest Model:F-14B Tomcat
    Last Military Serial:162699 USN
    Construction Number:545
    Compressed ID:Grumman F-14B sn 162699 USN cn 545
    Latest Owner or Location:HVF West, Tucson, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-14A-140-GR by Grumman at Calverton, New York, USA.

    October 1986

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 162699.

    14 October 1986

    To VF-142.
    Markings added: AG-201

    March 1987

    Markings Applied: AG-205

    July 1988

    Markings Applied: AG-201

    21 July 1989

    Transferred to VF-101.
    Operated with markings: AD-163

    Circa July 1992


    Photographer: R.B. Greby

    4 September 1994

    To Grumman Saint. Augustine Facility, FL.

    Converted to a F-14B.
    New construction number, KM-9, assigned to the airframe.

    24 February 1997

    Transferred to VF-11.
    Operated with markings: AG-204

    September 1999

    Markings Applied: AG-214

    2 August 2000

    Transferred to FITWING.

    February 2001

    Transferred to VX-9.
    Operated with markings: XF-242

    23 June 2004

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 1K0151.

    18 June 2008

    To HVF West, Tucson, AZ.

    After 18 June 2008

    Scrapped.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Carrier Air Wing by Mike Crutch
    Tomcat Alley by David F. Brown
    Internet Sources
     Air History.org
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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