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    Airframe Family: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
    Latest Model:F-14A-135-GR Tomcat
    Last Military Serial:158616 USN
    Construction Number:17
    Compressed ID:Grumman F-14A-135-GR sn 158616 USN...
    Latest Owner or Location:VF-101

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-14A-60-GR by Grumman at Calverton, New York, USA.

    14 November 1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 158616.

    14 November 1972

    To Naval Air Test Center (NATC) Patuxent River, MD.
    Markings added: 17
    F-14A 158616 was used for carrier suitability testing following the crash and destruction of F-14A 157989.

    21 February 1975


    Photographer: R.R. Leader
    Notes: Note the ANYTIME, BABY, Tomcat zap at the base of the rudder. This zap was placed in the same position on the opposite rudder as well.

    By April 1977

    Markings Applied: 8616, NAVAL AIR TEST CENTER
    Often flew with just the pilot in it and no back seater/RIO. A dummy named Clyde was used for weight and balance.

    From 16 May 1980 to 15 October 1985

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 1K0002.
    F-14A 158616 was the second F-14 to be sent to AMARC.

    By 1988

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

    Circa February 1988

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 158616.

    23 February 1988

    To VF-201.
    Markings added: AF-107

    By April 1998

    Markings Applied: AF-113

    7 October 1998

    Transferred to VF-101.

    21 March 2001

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.
    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
    Legends of Warfare: F-14 Tomcat by David F. Brown
    Tomcat Alley by David F. Brown
    Internet Sources
     Air History.org
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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