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    Airframe Family: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
    Latest Model:F-14A-135-GR Tomcat
    Last Military Serial:162588 USN
    Construction Number:510
    Compressed ID:Grumman F-14A-135-GR sn 162588 USN...
    Latest Owner or Location:FITWING

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-14A-135-GR by Grumman at Calverton, New York, USA.

    Circa 1985

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 162588.

    By April 1987

    Transferred to VF-124.
    Operated with markings: NJ-450, FIGHTERTOWN USA
    VF-124 Demo Team Tomcat.

    Circa October 1987


    Photographer: Jerry Geer

    By August 1990

    Markings Applied: NJ-452

    4 April 1991

    Transferred to VF-213.
    Operated with markings: NH-202

    December 1992

    Markings Applied: NH-102

    26 January 1993

    Transferred to VF-24.
    Operated with markings: NG-200

    October 1995

    Markings Applied: NG-210

    19 June 1996

    Transferred to VF-211.
    Operated with markings: NG-100

    2 September 1997

    Transferred to FITWING.

    5 September 1997

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    5 September 1997

    Scrapped.
    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
    Tomcat Alley by David F. Brown
    Internet Sources
     The Grumman F-14 Reference Work by Torsten Anft
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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