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    Airframe Family: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
    Latest Model:F-14A-80-GR Tomcat
    Last Military Serial:159438 USN
    Construction Number:104
    Compressed ID:Grumman F-14A-80-GR sn 159438 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.

    December 1974

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 159438.

    12 December 1974

    To VF-124.

    28 March 1975

    Transferred to VF-143.
    Operated with markings: AJ-102

    August 1975

    Markings Applied: AE-102

    Circa November 1975


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Taken while serving with VF-143 Pukin Dogs. Had the modex code AE-102. Note the USS America markings on the vertical stabilizer.

    September 1977

    Markings Applied: AE-101

    September 1978

    Markings Applied: AE-111

    October 1978

    Markings Applied: AG-111

    26 February 1981

    Transferred to VF-11.
    Operated with markings: AC-111

    January 1982

    Transferred to VF-101.

    9 May 1982

    Transferred to VF-11.
    Operated with markings: AC-111

    March 1985

    Markings Applied: AE-101

    April 1985

    Markings Applied: AE-100

    March 1986

    Markings Applied: VF-101

    31 October 1986

    Transferred to VF-102.
    Operated with markings: AB-111

    6 February 1989

    Transferred to VF-101.

    17 March 1992

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 1K0058.

    17 October 1994

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    7 May 2007

    To HVF West, Tucson, AZ.

    After 7 May 2007

    Scrapped.
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     Carrier Air Wing by Mike Crutch
    Tomcat Alley by David F. Brown
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     The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Max Sabin
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