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    Airframe Family: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
    Latest Model:F-14B Tomcat
    Last Military Serial:162694 USN
    Construction Number:540
    Compressed ID:Grumman F-14B sn 162694 USN cn 540
    Latest Owner or Location:Military Aircraft Preservation Society (MAPS) Air Museum, Akron-Canton Airport, North Canton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-14A-140-GR by Grumman at Calverton, New York, USA.

    1 July 1986

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 162694.

    1986

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 143 (VF-143), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AG-101

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AC-201

    29 August 1987


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Glenview NAS, IL during open house

    29 August 1987


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Glenview NAS, IL during open house

    29 August 1987


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Glenview NAS, IL during open house

    Circa May 1990


    Photographer: Colin Philippe
    Notes: VF-32. Flew as AC-201 off of the USS John F. Kennedy

    From 11 January 1995 to 21 December 1995

    Converted to a F-14B.
    New construction number, KM-14, assigned to the airframe.
    Returned to Grumman Aircraft, St. Augustine, FL for conversion.

    From December 1995 to 7 August 1996

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 103 (VF-103), NAS Oceana, VA.

    From 8 August 1996 to 30 March 1999

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 102 (VF-102), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AB-112

    By July 1998

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 103 (VF-103), NAS Oceana, VA.

    From 31 March 1999 to 27 March 2002

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 101 (VF-101), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AD-100

    28 March 2002

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32), NAS Oceana, VA.

    4 October 2005

    Ferry flight. Delivered to Military Aircraft Preservation Society (MAPS) Air Museum, Akron-Canton Airport, North Canton, OH.
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    4 October 2005

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    4 May 2010


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Akron - Canton Regional, OH, USA
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     MAPS Air Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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