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F-14A-65/1970-GR



BuNo Type Unit Modex # Date
      F-14A-65-GR
158620 F-14A

VF-101
VF-154


AD122
NF104
modified to Block 130 standards,
TARPS capable
04/2001
02/2002 & 09/2002
a/c stricken 01 Apr 2003
158621 F-14A VX-4 XF32 10/1973
NF-14 testbed,
a/c stricken
158622 F-14A AMARC 18.12.1991
a/c stricken 01.06.1992
158623 F-14A exhibit NAS Point Mugu, CA
158624 F-14A
VF-14
VF-14
VF-154


AJ206
NF112
modified to Block 130 standards
02/1999
04/2001
02/2002 & 09/2002
SARDIP
a/c stricken 06 Oct 2003
158625 F-14A NF-14 testbed,
a/c stricken
158626 F-14A VF-124 NJ406 11/1975
modified to Block 130 standards
a/c stricken 07.09.1990
158627 F-14A VF-1

VF-101
NK101 08/1973
modified to Block 130 standards
02/1999
a/c stricken 30.11.2000
158628 F-14A
VF-211

NG110
modified to Block 130 standards
04/2001 & 08/2004
AMARC 10/2004
158629 F-14A VF-124

VF-101
NJ410

AD121
11/1975
modified to Block 130 standards
18.06.2000: A/C was lost after entering an unrecoverable flight during the airshow at the Willow Grove Naval Air Station, just north of Philadelphia. Both crewmen were lost.
158630 F-14A
VF-201

"AF113"
modified to Block 130 standards
1996: Immediately after a touchand-go during an FCLP (Field Carrier Landing Practice) hop from NAS Dallas, Tower told Hunter 113, "You've lost your mainmount!"
The RIO asked the pilot to check the hydraulics, which were holding steady at 3,000 psi. They also had 7,000 pounds of fuel, giving them time to consider their options.
The crew decided to fly to a local field with the widest runway. They asked for an LSO and had their short-field arresting gear derigged. Overhead Fort Worth, they discussed the best configuration and potential landing problems.
The LSOs arrived on station and suggested the F-14 crew burn down their fuel to 1,500 pounds. The crew agreed to try landing on the far right edge of the runway with a minimum sink rate. They would hold the left stub off the runway as long as they could.
The pilot would engage nosewheel steering after touchdown and try to compensate for the anticipated left drift. The crew flew a flat, low-sink-rate approach, landing precisely on the right runway-edge line, holding the left stub off.
After the stub touched down, the aircraft began pulling let, but the pilot countered with nosewheel steering. The Tomcat stopped 5,000 feet down the runway with minimal damage.
Inspection revealed a failed inner-wheel bearing, which allowed the tire to separate from the main-landing gear strut.
VF-41

VF-101
NSAWC
NSAWC
AJ104

AD180
04/2001
SARDIP 01/2002
02/2002
06/2002
08 Sept 2003
158631 F-14A
VF-101
VF-101

AD130
AD124
modified to Block 130 standards
04/1986
04/2001
late 2001
158632 F-14A
VF-14
VF-211

AJ210
AB103
modified to Block 130 standards
04/2001 08/2004
AMARC 10/2004
158633 F-14A
VF-14
VF-14


AJ205
modified to Block 130 standards
02/1999
04/2001
SARDIP
a/c stricken 25 Sept 2003
158634 F-14A
VF-101

AD123
modified to Block 130 standards
11/00
SARDIP 02/2002
158635 F-14A
VF-14
VF-211
VF-101
VF-211
VF-211


NG103
AD134
modified to Block 130 standards
02/1999
04/2001
12/2002
02/2002 & 10/2004
161295 (VF-211) collided with 158635 over Red Sea Feb 2, 2004 during sortie from USS Enterprise. Both landed safely. 158635 only slightly damaged, but 161295 suffered serious damage including almost total loss of starboard tailfin and was declared a writeoff. SOC Mar 2, 2004. (AFM 11/2005)
AMARC 10/2004
158636 F-14A
VF-41
modified to Block 130 standards
02/1999
a/c stricken 23.03.1999
158637 F-14A VF-124

VF-211
NJ426

NG112
12/1975
TARPS capable
04/2001
      F-14A-70-GR
158978 F-14A was on disaply at NAS (MCAS) Miramar, CA, now exhibit on USS Midway San Diego Aircraft Carrier museum
158979 F-14A VF-1 NK100 05/1977
AMARC 30.08.1990
a/c stricken 01.08.1992
158980 F-14A AMARC 13.09.1990
158981 F-14A VF-302 ND201 04.06.1993: The accident was a result of dog fighting a Navy F-16 adversary jet. The crew both ejected, but the crippled Tomcat hit the RIO and killed him. This was the RIO's second ejection out of a Tomcat, the first being from a night rampstrike.
158982 F-14A VF-1 NK107 crashed 02.01.1975 into the sea near Cubi Point after an inflight engine explosion.
158983 F-14A VF-302 ND202 20.06.1986
158984 F-14A VF-1 NK105 06/1974
a/c stricken 20.11.1997
158985 F-14A VF-2 NK200 05/1977
a/c stricken 31.03.1992
158986 F-14A VF-2 NK206 1974
AMARC 19.07.1991
158987 F-14A VF-2 NK201 06/1974
AMARC 25.10.1990
a/c stricken 01.06.1992
158988 F-14A AMARC 18.09.1990
a/c stricken 30.06.1992
158989 F-14A VF-302 ND200 06/1986
AMARC 29.08.1991
a/c stricken 30.06.1992
158990 F-14A VF-301 ND101 09/1986
AMARC 26.08.1991
a/c stricken 01.06.1992
158991 F-14A VF-1
VF-124
NK110
NJ475
12/1973
1981
AMARC 22.08.1990
a/c stricken 01.06.1992
158992 F-14A AMARC 28.02.1991
a/c stricken 01.06.1992
158993 F-14A AMARC 25.10.1990
a/c stricken 01.06.1992
158994 F-14A AMARC 27.08.1990
a/c stricken 01.06.1992
158995 F-14A VF-1 NK106 crashed 27.03.1978 on to a freeway near NAS Miramar.
158996 F-14A VF-2 NK215 crashed 26.06.1977 when pilot lost control on downwind leg at NAS Miramar
158997 F-14A a/c stricken 04.02.1992
158998 F-14A exhibit Air Victory Museum in Lumberton, New Jersey
158999 F-14A exhibit NAS Ft. Worth JRB, TX
159000 F-14A AMARC 20.08.1990
a/c stricken 01.06.1992
159001 F-14A VF-1 NK112 crashed 14.01.1975 into the sea near Cubi Point after an inflight engine explosion.
159002 F-14A AMARC 17.08.1990
a/c stricken 01.06.1992
159003 F-14A AMARC 10.09.1990
a/c stricken 01.06.1992
159004 F-14A AMARC 27.09.1991
159005 F-14A AMARC 24.09.1991
159006 F-14A AMARC 09.09.1991



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157980 - 157991 | 158612 - 158619 | 158620 - 158637 | 158978 - 159006 | 159007 - 159025
159421 - 159429 | 159430 - 159468 | 159588 - 159637 | 159825 - 159874 | 160299 - 160328
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