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    Airframe Family: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
    Latest Model:F-14A-80-GR Tomcat
    Last Military Serial:159434 USN
    Construction Number:100
    Compressed ID:Grumman F-14A-80-GR sn 159434 USN c...
    Latest Owner or Location:HVF West, Tucson, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-14A-80-GR by Grumman at Calverton, New York, USA.
    100th Tomcat Built

    Circa 1973

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 159434.

    21 March 1975

    To VF-143.
    Markings added: AJ-100

    From August 1975 to After April 1976

    Markings Applied: AE-100

    July 1976


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At Greenham Common.

    July 1976


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At Greenham Common.

    July 1976


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Taken at RAF Greenham Common, UK - England. Flew was the CAG bird for VF-143 as modex AE-100

    August 1976


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: code AE-100 unit VF143 - Photographed at Greenham Common.

    By April 1977

    Transferred to VF-101.
    Operated with markings: AD-137

    22 May 1978

    Transferred to VF-143.
    Operated with markings: AG-100

    January 1980

    Transferred to VF-101.

    9 March 1981

    Transferred to VF-11.
    Operated with markings: AC-110

    March 1986

    Transferred to VF-101.

    18 December 1991

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 1K0053.

    17 May 2006

    To HVF West, Tucson, AZ.

    After 17 May 2006

    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

    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
    Ken Videan

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