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    Airframe Family: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
    Latest Model:F-14B Tomcat
    Last Military Serial:161416 USN
    Construction Number:426
    Compressed ID:Grumman F-14B sn 161416 USN cn 426
    Latest Owner or Location:VF-101

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-14A-120-GR by Grumman at Calverton, New York, USA.

    Circa February 1982

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 161416.

    6 February 1982

    To VF-101.

    8 June 1989

    Transferred to VF-143.
    Operated with markings: AG-100

    Circa 1990

    To Grumman Saint Augustine, FL.

    Circa 1990

    Converted to a F-14A+.
    New construction number, KB-13, assigned to the airframe.

    May 1991

    Redesignated as F-14B.

    20 August 1991

    Transferred to VF-103.
    Operated with markings: AA-210

    13 April 1992

    Transferred to FITWING.

    1 March 1993

    Transferred to VF-143.
    Operated with markings: AG-100

    Circa May 1994


    Photographer: David F. Brown

    3 March 1995

    Transferred to VF-102.
    Operated with markings: AB-112

    30 January 1997

    To NAVAIR.

    By September 2002

    Transferred to VF-101.
    Operated with markings: AD-104

    By April 2004

    Markings Applied: AB-104
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Carrier Air Wing by Mike Crutch
    Tomcat Alley by David F. Brown
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     AirFighters.com
    Airport Data
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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