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    Airframe Family: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
    Latest Model:F-14B-145-GR Tomcat
    Last Military Serial:162926 USN
    Construction Number:574
    Compressed ID:Grumman F-14B-145-GR sn 162926 USN...
    Latest Owner or Location:New England Air Museum, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-14B-145-GR by Grumman at Calverton, New York, USA.

    Circa January 1989

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 162926.

    11 January 1989

    To VF-103.
    Markings added: AA-204

    7 February 1990

    Transferred to VF-101.

    15 February 1990

    Transferred to VF-142, USS George Washington.
    Operated with markings: AG-200

    4 June 1994


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At a very wet Yeovilton photo call.

    6 June 1994


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton for 50th Anniversary of D-Day Flypast

    6 June 1994


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    24 March 1995

    Transferred to Fighter Wing (FITWING).

    27 June 1995

    Transferred to VF-143.
    Operated with markings: AG-115

    From By September 1997 to October 1997

    Markings Applied: AG-105

    18 October 1997

    Transferred to VF-32.
    Operated with markings: AC-106

    19 May 1998

    Transferred to Fighter Wing (FITWING).

    5 October 1999

    Transferred to VF-143.
    Operated with markings: AG-105

    From 20 September 2000 to 4 October 2000

    Loaned to VF-32.
    Returned to VF-143 on end date.

    By March 2005

    Markings Applied: AG-143
    Given special retro VF-143 scheme.

    16 March 2005

    Last flight.
    Flew from Key West, FL, to Windsor Locks, CT, for eventual display at the museum.

    16 March 2005

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    16 March 2005

    To New England Air Museum, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT.
    View the Location Dossier

    28 March 2019


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: Packed into the far back corner of the NEAM storage hangar.

    28 March 2019


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: Unfortunately, this is the best pic of 162926 I could get up close
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    Robert Nichols
    Max Sabin
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