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    Airframe Family: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
    Latest Model:F-14A-130-GR Tomcat
    Last Military Serial:161869 USN
    Construction Number:505
    Compressed ID:Grumman F-14A-130-GR sn 161869 USN...
    Latest Owner or Location:Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC), NAS Fallon, NV

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-14A-130-GR by Grumman at Calverton, New York, USA.

    January 1985

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 161869.

    30 January 1985

    To VF-11.
    Markings added: AC-110

    By April 1985

    Markings Applied: AE-110

    By October 1988

    Markings Applied: Blue Nose 88, VF-11
    Was fitted with an unpainted radome and carried name Blue Nose 88 in relation to the 1988 North Atlantic cruise onboard the USS Forrestal (CV-59).

    By June 1991

    Markings Applied: AE-100

    From 12 June 1991 to 18 June 1991

    Was present at the 1991 Paris Le Bourget Air Show.

    Circa June 1991


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: AE-100, unit VF-11. Photographed at Paris le Bourget, France.

    June 1991

    1 March 1992

    Base of operations changed.
    NAS Miramar, CA.

    13 April 1992

    Transferred to VF-24.

    24 January 1993

    Transferred to VF-124.

    24 May 1995

    Transferred to VF-24.
    Operated with markings: NG-202

    28 June 1996

    Transferred to VF-213.

    19 December 1996

    Transferred to FITWING.

    By December 1998

    Assigned to Commander Fighter Wing Atlantic (CFWL) for storage.

    By April 2000

    Transferred to Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC), NAS Fallon, NV.
    Operated with markings: 20
    Wore a blue splinter camo pattern representing an Su-35 Flanker of the Russian Air Force.
    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
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    The Grumman F-14 Reference Work by Torsten Anft
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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