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    Airframe Family: Grumman F9F/F-9 Panther/Cougar
    Latest Model:F9F-6 Cougar
    Last Military Serial:128109 USN
    Compressed ID:Grumman F9F-6 sn 128109 USN
    Latest Owner or Location:National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F9F-6.

    27 April 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 128109.

    From July 1953 to February 1956

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 142 (VF-142), NAS Miramar, CA.
    Operated with markings: A-32
    1955-1956 was on Western Pacific cruise aboard USS Boxer (CVA-21).

    March 1956

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 144 (VF-144), NAS Miramar, CA.

    1957

    Transferred to U. S. Naval Air Reserve, NAS Spokane, WA.

    Transferred to U. S. Naval Air Reserve, NAS New Orleans, LA.

    Transferred to Naval Air Reserve Training Unit (NARTU), Los Alamitos, CA.
    Operated with markings: 7L-132

    1959

    Assigned to NAF Litchfield Park, AZ for storage.

    1962

    Transferred to NAS China Lake, CA.

    4 April 1962

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.
    SOC at NAS China Lake, CA.

    Circa 1985

    Aircraft photographed at Armitage Field, Pt Mugu marked as 7L-132.

    1990

    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

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2019/2020 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     China Lake Alumni
    China Lake Alumni
    Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
    National Naval Aviation Museum
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Matt Maranto
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