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    Airframe Family: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
    Latest Model:F-14A-120-GR Tomcat
    Last Military Serial:161445 USN
    Construction Number:455
    Compressed ID:Grumman F-14A-120-GR sn 161445 USN...
    Latest Owner or Location:VF-101

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-14A-120-GR by Grumman at Calverton, New York, USA.

    May 1983

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 161445.

    13 May 1983

    To VF-124.

    By June 1983

    Transferred to VF-154.
    Operated with markings: NJ-400

    By September 1985

    Markings Applied: NJ-440

    By August 1986

    Markings Applied: NK-112

    18 March 1987

    Loaned to VF-124.

    31 March 1987

    Returned from loan to VF-154.

    4 June 1987


    Photographer: Scott Van Aken
    Notes: Flew with VF-154 as NK-112.

    By December 1988

    Markings Applied: NK-103

    By October 1989

    Markings Applied: NK-114

    By 22 January 1991

    Transferred to VF-21.
    Operated with markings: NK-203

    By September 1991

    Markings Applied: NF-203

    22 October 1994

    Transferred to VF-51.
    Operated with markings: NL-100
    Retained NF tailcode for short period.

    By December 1994

    Markings Applied: NL-107

    14 February 1995

    Transferred to VF-101.
    Operated with markings: AD-147

    Circa 1997

    Involved in an incident.
    A student pilot flying in an F-14A (BuNo 161445) collided with an instructor flying in an F-14B (BuNo 163218). The student became fixated on his HUD in a night-time missile shot, and overtook his target plane. At the last moment, he noticed the F-14B target plane and rolled wings right to avoid it shearing off about 4 feet of right wing of each aircraft. They both limped home safe!

    By September 1997

    Withdrawn from use.
    Although still assigned to VF-101, the airframe was being stripped of useful parts by included date.
    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
     AirFighters.com
    Go! Navy by Takafumi Hiroe
    The Grumman F-14 Reference Work by Torsten Anft
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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