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    Airframe Family: Grumman F-14 Tomcat
    Latest Model:F-14A-95-GR Tomcat
    Last Military Serial:160395 USN
    Construction Number:251
    Compressed ID:Grumman F-14A-95-GR sn 160395 USN c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Experience, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, Michigan

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-14A-95-GR by Grumman at Calverton, New York, USA.

    17 May 1977

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 160395.

    May 1977

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 32 (VF-32), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AC, 203

    From 1 December 1977 to 20 July 1978

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 41 (VF-41), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AJ, 114

    By 1986

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84), NAS Oceana, VA.

    By February 1989

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 142 (VF-142), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AG-203

    By 1990

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 33 (VF-33), USS America.
    Operated with markings: AB, 204

    From 28 December 1990 to 18 April 1991

    Deployed to Persian Gulf during Desert Storm.

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 102 (VF-102), NAS Oceana, VA.

    In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    18 May 1995

    Loaned to Air Zoo, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, MI.
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    17 July 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

    Markings Applied: 200

    24 September 2007


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    June 2013


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    To Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Experience, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, MI.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     F-14 Tomcat Association
    Go! Navy by Takafumi Hiroe
    Jet Photos
    National Naval Aviation Museum
    The Grumman F-14 Reference Work by Torsten Anft
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wiki Media
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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