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    Airframe Family: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
    Latest Model:F-14A-100-GR Tomcat
    Last Military Serial:160661 USN
    Construction Number:280
    Compressed ID:Grumman F-14A-100-GR sn 160661 USN...
    Latest Owner or Location:U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-14A-100-GR by Grumman at Calverton, New York, USA.

    1977

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 160661.

    31 July 1987


    Photographer: Mike Fuller
    Notes: Not a great pic, but it is from EAA Oshkosh/Airventure 1987

    1 October 1994

    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 1997

    Loaned to U. S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville, AL.
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    27 April 2010


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Huntsville - Aviation Challenge Park, AL, USA

    By August 2015


    Photographer: Chris Key
    Notes: This photo was taken near the end of the restoration in Aug 2015

    By 15 August 2015


    Photographer: Chris Key
    Notes: The original data plate for F14 BUNO 160661

    By 15 August 2015


    Photographer: Chris Key
    Notes: 15 Aug 2015, its complete, this is the first time that the cockpit has been fully closed in over 21 years.

    By 11 November 2016


    Photographer: Chris Key
    Notes: On display for the Festival of Lights Christmas 2016
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Naval Aviation Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Mike Fuller
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