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    Airframe Family: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
    Latest Model:F-14A-70-GR Tomcat
    Last Military Serial:158979 USN
    Construction Number:040
    Compressed ID:Grumman F-14A-70-GR sn 158979 USN c...
    Latest Owner or Location:HVF West, Tucson, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-14A-70-GR by Grumman at Calverton, New York, USA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 158979.

    By May 1974

    To VF-1.
    Markings added: NK-100

    21 June 1974


    Photographer: Peter Bergagnini
    Notes: VF-1. Flew as NK-100 off of the USS Enterprise.

    11 November 1974


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Taken at Naval Air Station Cubi Point

    From 1976 to 1977

    This VF-1 F-14A is painted in the Ferris deceptive paint scheme that was tested in 1976 - 1977. Developed by the noted aviation artist Keith Ferris, it ultimately wasnt adapted by the USN.

    September 1980

    Markings Applied: NE-114

    May 1983

    Markings Applied: NE-111

    4 October 1984

    Transferred to VF-301.
    Operated with markings: ND-100

    11 February 1989


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Reese AFB, TX on transient ramp

    30 August 1990

    Transferred to VF-124.

    30 August 1990

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 1K0013.

    17 October 1994

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    23 May 2007

    To HVF West, Tucson, AZ.

    After 23 May 2007

    Scrapped.
    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
     Air History.org
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
    Tom Tessier
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