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    Airframe Family: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
    Latest Model:F-14A-105-GR Tomcat
    Last Military Serial:160896 USN
    Construction Number:325
    Compressed ID:Grumman F-14A-105-GR sn 160896 USN...
    Latest Owner or Location:US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal School, Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-14A-105-GR by Grumman at Calverton, New York, USA.

    Circa 1979

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 160896.

    December 1980

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AB-200

    By February 1985

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 74 (VF-74), USS Saratoga.
    Operated with markings: AA-101

    From 26 August 1985 to 16 April 1986

    Deployed to Mediterranean/Libya.

    1986

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 103 (VF-103), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AA-202

    Circa 1988

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 101 (VF-101), NAS Oceana, VA.

    From By September 1990 to After March 1995

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AC-205

    From Circa September 1990 to Circa March 1991

    Deployed aboard USS John F. Kennedy to Mid-East to participate in Operation Desert Storm.

    By 1998

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 101 (VF-101), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AD-235

    9 February 1998


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids Airport, Iowa

    9 February 1998


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids Airport, Iowa

    31 October 1998

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    From Unknown to After May 2011

    To US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal School, Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, FL.
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    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aircraft Resource Center
    AirFighters.com
    ARC Forums
    Cloud 9 Photography
    Go! Navy by Takafumi Hiroe
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    The Grumman F-14 Reference Work by Torsten Anft
    Top Edge
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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