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    Airframe Family: Grumman F9F/F-9 Panther/Cougar
    Latest Model:TAF-9J Cougar
    Last Military Serial:141121 USN
    Construction Number:368C
    Compressed ID:Grumman TAF-9J sn 141121 USN cn 368...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F9F-8.

    21 September 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 141121.

    January 1957

    Converted to a F9F-8B.

    November 1962

    Redesignated as AF-9J.

    June 1966

    Redesignated as TAF-9J.
    Degraded to trainer.

    23 April 1970

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 3F0157.

    April 1987


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn

    By 1991

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    By 1991

    Markings Applied: 386, NAVY VT-23, 141121, 3H, 86
    Displayed in the markings of Training Squadron 23 (VT-23), Kingsville NAS, Texas, 1969.

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At the Pima Museum, Arizona.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Pima Air and Space Museum
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Johnny Comstedt
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