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    Airframe Family: Grumman F9F/F-9 Panther/Cougar
    Latest Model:TAF-9J Cougar
    Last Military Serial:131230 USN
    Construction Number:168C
    Compressed ID:Grumman TAF-9J sn 131230 USN cn 168...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F9F-8.

    Circa 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 131230.

    1956

    Transferred to Marine Fighter Squadron 114 (VMF-114), MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
    Operated with markings: LK-10

    Converted to a F9F-8B.

    Circa 1958

    To Navy Fighter Squadron 81 (VF-81), Oceana, VA.

    6 July 1962

    Redesignated as TAF-9J.

    1962

    Transferred to Training Squadron 21 (VT-21), Kingsville, TX.
    Operated with markings: 3E-1xx

    16 December 1963

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.
    Struck off charge at NAS Norfolk, VA.

    To U. S. Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, MD.
    Placed on display.

    By April 1995

    To NAS Cecil Field, Jackson, FL.
    Placed on display.

    By March 1999

    To National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    19 April 2010


    Photographer: Matt Maranto

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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