Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier

  • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
    Latest Model:F-14A-80-GR Tomcat
    Last Military Serial:159430 USN
    Construction Number:96
    Compressed ID:Grumman F-14A-80-GR sn 159430 USN c...
    Latest Owner or Location:VF-143 Pukin Dogs

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE
    If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO
    If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.

    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

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

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 159430.

    From By April 1975 to By May 1978

    To VF-143 Pukin Dogs.
    Markings added: AJ-101

    2 April 1975


    Photographer: J.E. Michaels
    Notes: Taken at NAS Oceana. Flew with VF-143 Pukin Dogs

    By November 1976

    Markings Applied: AE-101

    By May 1978

    Markings Applied: AE-112

    By June 1978

    Markings Applied: AG-112

    By October 1978

    Markings Applied: AG-105

    4 October 1978

    Crashed.
    Crashed into the ocean while operating off the USS Eisenhower.


    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
    Flickr
    Jet Photos
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Max Sabin

    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=307029][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Grumman F-14A-80-GR Tomcat, s/n 159430 USN, c/n 96[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=307029

    Copyright 1993-2025 AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.