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    Airframe Family: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
    Latest Model:F-14A-135-GR Tomcat
    Last Military Serial:162607 USN
    Construction Number:529
    Compressed ID:Grumman F-14A-135-GR sn 162607 USN...
    Latest Owner or Location:Yanks Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-14A-135-GR by Grumman at Calverton, New York, USA.

    Circa 1984

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 162607.

    By January 1987

    To VF-1.
    Markings added: NE-105

    25 October 1992

    Transferred to VF-24.

    23 January 1993

    Transferred to VF-124.
    Operated with markings: NJ-466

    Circa 1994


    Photographer: John Winter via Fargo Air Museum

    8 May 1996

    Transferred to VF-32.
    Operated with markings: AC-100

    Circa June 1997

    Markings Applied: AC-101

    17 December 1997

    Transferred to VX-9.

    To Yanks Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 232

    22 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Exhibited in Hall 2 of Yanks Air Museum at Chino in California - this Top Gun exhibit is believed to be ex Bu162607 which was noted at this Museum being restored in 2010
    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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     The Grumman F-14 Reference Work by Torsten Anft
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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