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    Airframe Family: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
    Latest Model:F-14A-110-GR Tomcat
    Last Military Serial:161162 USN
    Construction Number:389
    Compressed ID:Grumman F-14A-110-GR sn 161162 USN...
    Latest Owner or Location:VF-101

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-14A-110-GR by Grumman at Calverton, New York, USA.

    Circa 1981

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 161162.

    To Naval Air Rework Facility (NARF) North Island, CA.
    Modified to be TARPS-capable.

    16 May 1981

    To VF-32.
    Markings added: AE-213

    April 1983

    Markings Applied: AE-214

    21 August 1983

    Damaged.
    Damaged in an incident while on the USS Independence. Details unknown.

    May 1986

    Markings Applied: AC-214

    17 September 1987


    Photographer: Scott Van Aken
    Notes: Photo taken at Scott AFB, Illinois.

    August 1990

    Markings Applied: AC-212

    2 October 1992

    Transferred to FITWING.

    16 January 1996

    Transferred to VF-32.
    Operated with markings: AC-116

    29 October 1997

    Transferred to VF-101.

    4 April 2000

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.
    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
     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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