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    Airframe Family: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
    Latest Model:F-14B Tomcat
    Last Military Serial:162691 USN
    Construction Number:537
    Compressed ID:Grumman F-14B sn 162691 USN cn 537
    Latest Owner or Location:VF-101 Grim Reapers

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    Dates

    Event

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

    1986

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 162691.

    By 12 June 1986

    Transferred to VF-142.
    Operated with markings: AG-206, USS Dwight D Eisenhower

    By August 1986

    Markings Applied: AG-201

    14 April 1987

    Transferred to VF-14.
    Operated with markings: AC-105

    By October 1987

    Markings Applied: AC-101

    1987

    Converted to a F-14B.

    Circa 1989

    Wore temporary camo and 70th anniversary marks in late 1989.

    2 October 1992

    Transferred to FITWING.

    January 1993

    Transferred to VF-33.
    Operated with markings: AB-202

    16 May 1993

    Transferred to VF-102.
    Operated with markings: AB-101

    By July 1996

    Transferred to VF-103 Jolly Rogers.
    Operated with markings: AA-203

    From By July 1997 to By 2002

    Transferred to VF-11 Red Rippers.
    Operated with markings: AG-200

    July 1997


    Photographer: David F. Brown
    Notes: Taken at Andrews AFB Open House.

    Markings Applied: AG-206, USS Dwight D Eisenhower

    By April 2004

    Transferred to VF-101 Grim Reapers.
    Operated with markings: AD-105

    March 2005

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    11 March 2005

    Scrapped.
    SARDIPed at NAS Oceana.
    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
    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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