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    Airframe Family: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
    Latest Model:F-14A-75-GR Tomcat
    Last Military Serial:159017 USN
    Construction Number:78
    Compressed ID:Grumman F-14A-75-GR sn 159017 USN c...
    Latest Owner or Location:HVF West, Tucson, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-14A-75-GR by Grumman at Calverton, New York, USA.

    January 1975

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 159017.

    From 1 January 1975 to After May 1975

    To VF-14.
    Markings added: AB-107

    From By May 1975 to September 1976

    Markings Applied: AB-105

    January 1977

    Transferred to VF-101.

    17 October 1977

    Transferred to VF-14.

    15 March 1978

    Transferred to VF-32.
    Operated with markings: AB-205, USS JOHN F KENNEDY, VF-32

    23 April 1978


    Photographer: Eugene L. Zorn
    Notes: Photo taken at NAS Norfolk, Virginia

    October 1980

    Transferred to VF-11.
    Operated with markings: AC-103
    This was the first F-14A delivered to the squadron.

    November 1985

    Transferred to VF-101.

    From 1 March 1986 to After April 1988

    Transferred to VF-102.
    Operated with markings: AB-107

    3 October 1990

    Transferred to VF-11.

    7 December 1990

    Transferred to VF-101.

    17 July 1991

    Transferred to VF-84.
    Operated with markings: AJ-203

    24 September 1991

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 1K0045.

    9 January 2008

    Transferred to HVF West, Tucson, AZ.

    After 9 January 2008

    Scrapped.
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