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    Airframe Family: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
    Latest Model:F-14A-140-GR Tomcat
    Last Military Serial:162689 USN
    Construction Number:535
    Compressed ID:Grumman F-14A-140-GR sn 162689 USN...
    Latest Owner or Location:USS Hornet Museum, Alameda, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-14A-140-GR by Grumman at Calverton, New York, USA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 162689.

    13 November 1986

    Transferred to VF-41, USS Theodore Roosevelt.

    By February 1991

    Markings Applied: Queen of Spades
    Wore this noseart during the 1991 Gulf War.

    By September 1993

    Markings Applied: BombCat, No Escort Required

    April 1994


    Photographer: David F. Brown
    Notes: VF-41.

    6 June 1994

    Transferred to Fighter Wing (FITWING).

    3 January 1996

    Transferred to VF-14.
    Operated with markings: AJ-203

    5 March 1999

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

    31 August 2000

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    May have been displayed at the San Francisco International Airport.

    June 2002

    Placed on display with USS Hornet Museum, Alameda, CA.
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    Circa June 2002


    Photographer: David F. Brown
    Notes: In the markings of VF-101 Grim Reapers. Photo taken just months (if not weeks) after she was dropped off charge by the USN.

    By 10 September 2010

    Markings Applied: 101, NAVY, GRIMREAPERS, F-14A 162689, AD, 01
    Finished in the markings of VF-101.

    10 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    10 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    19 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: D.R. de Pruis

    10 December 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: This photo was taken at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum.

    July 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
    Notes: USS Hornet Museum

    29 April 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: On board USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, CA, USA.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2019/2020 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Naval Aviation Museum
    The Grumman F-14 Reference Work by Torsten Anft
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson
    Max Sabin
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