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 		F-14B-145/150/155-GR



BuNo Type Unit Modex # Date
      F-14B-145-GR
162910 F-14B Grumman
VF-103
VF-103
VF-101		 558

AA101
AD107		 11/1987
02/1999
04/2001
10/2004
a/c stricken and prepared for display at NAS Key West
162911 F-14B VF-11
VF-11
AG210		 02/1999
04/2001 & 08/2002
on display at Estrella Warbirds Museum since Dec. 2004
162912 F-14B VF-11
VF-11
AG201		 02/1999
04/2001 & 08/2002 & 10/2004
on display at Grissom Air Museum, Bunker Hill, IN since 21 June 2005.
162913 F-14B VF-103 31.07.1998: Two F-14Bs operating from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower collided over the Mediterranean Sea. The crew of one F-14 ejected over water, injuring the RIO and killing the pilot. The other F-14 returned safely to USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
162914 F-14B VF-103 AA207 12.02.1994: A section of F-14s and a section F/A-18s launched from a carrier in the Mediterranean Sea on separate training missions. At approximately 21,000 ft, about 26 miles from the ship, having been cleared en route by foreign controllers, the sections unknowingly converged toward each other. During a verbal exchange with a ground controller, the lead F-14 swapped positions with its wingman in order to complete a clean-and-dry check. Thus, the leader was in wing position as the Hornets approached the Tomcats. The following precautionary transmissions were reportedly made to the F-14s by carrier ATC: "Stranger 210, range 12, no height." Then, "Stranger 195, range 15, no height" followed by "Stranger 180, range 6" and "Stranger on the nose at 3 miles at 108 degrees aspect ... Merge." The F-14 leader, while conducting a cross-under from left ot right for the clean-and-dry check, heard the six- and 3-miles-calls. The F-14 in the lead heard nothing before the 3-miles-call and perceived the traffic to be at his three o'clock position heading in the opposite direction. The F-14 leader (wingman for the moment) moved away to the right of the other F-14 and scanned for traffic along with his RIO. Immediately thereafter, the pilot and RIO simultaneously acquired the Hornet directly in their flight path and realized a collision was imminent. Shortly before this, the lead Hornet's wingman had selected auto acquisition mode on hisradar and noted a target at 3.5 miles with a closure rate of 660 knots. A moment later the F/A-18 wingman passed 50 ft below the F-14, which was conducting the clean-and-dry check. The F-14 tried to maneuver up and to the right, but the F/A-18 leader's aircraft slammed into the Tomcat. At impact the Hornet's nose was a little high, wings in a slight left angle of bank. The impact severed two-thirds of the F-14's right wing. The Hornet lost 5 ft of the starboard wing. In order to maintain flight, the F-14 flew at full afterburner on the right engine, idle on the left, with full left stick and partial left rudder inputs. The Tomcat headed for the nearest suitable landing field, Brindisi, Italy, but on final approach, 17 minutes later, both engines quit due to fuel starvation. The pilot and RIO ejected, landed in the sea and were rescued injured.
162915 F-14B VF-32 AC103 04/2001
162916 F-14B VF-103
VF-102
VF-32		 AA216
AB100
AC100		 10/1994
05/1997
08/2000 & 04/2001
162917 F-14B VF-102 AB107 crashed 23.05.1998. The two-man crew of the Tomcat ejected safely after take-off from MCAS Cherry Point, N.C.
162918 F-14B VF-101 AD102 10/1993 & 05/1995
a/c stricken
162919 F-14B VF-32
VF-11
AG211		 02/1999
04/2001 & 08/2002
162920 F-14B VF-102
VF-102
VF-101		 AB102
AB106
AD101		 05/1997 & 02/1999
04/2001
10/2004
162921 F-14B VF-103
VF-143
VF-143		 AA110
AG100
AG102		 05/1998
02/1999 & 04/2001
10/2004
162922 F-14B VF-143
VF-102
VF-32
VF-32
VF-101		 AG112
AB114

AC112
AD110		 04/1995
05/1997
02/1999
04/2001
06/2003
162923 F-14B VF-101
VF-143
VF-143
VF-143		 AD101

AG101		 10/1997
02/1999
04/2001
Crashed on takeoff from USS John F Kennedy 02 March 2002. Investigation pending.
162924 F-14B VF-74
VF-103
VF-143		 AA104
AA207
AG114		 04/1990
09/1994
04/2001 & 08/2002
162925 F-14B VF-102
VF-11		 AB104
AG206		 09/1994
08/2002
162926 F-14B VF-143 AG105 04/2001 & 08/2002 & 10/2004
162927 F-14B VF-11 AG205 04/2001 & 08/2002& 10/2004
      F-14B-150-GR
163215 F-14B VF-32
VF-143
VF-101		 AC105
AD107		 10/1998
02/1999
04/2001 NADEP JAX
06/2003
163216 F-14B VF-103
VF-103
VF-101




VF-101

VF-32		 AA201
AA107





AD107

AC105		 05/1995
05/1997
02/1999
04.08.1999: The F-14B was damaged when the a/c hit the ramp of USS George Washington during night carrier qualification. The crew escaped with serious injuries.
10/2000
04/2001 NADEP JAX
10/2004
exhibit at Richard J. Gross, Post 8896 VFW located in East Berlin, PA, since Feb. 16, 2007
163217 F-14B VF-103
VF-102
VF-103
AB111
 02/1999
04/2001
06/2003 & 2004
163218 F-14B VF-101







VF-11







AG204		 Summer of 1998: A student pilot flying in an F-14A (BuNo 161445) collided with an instructor flying in an F-14B (BuNo 163218). The student became fixated on his HUD in a night-time missile shot, and overtook his target plane. At the last moment, he noticed the F-14B target plane and rolled wings right to avoid it shearing off about 4 feet of right wing of each aircraft. They both limped home safe!
11/2000 & 08/2002 & 10/2004
163219 F-14B VF-103
VF-102
VF-102		 AA201

AB113		 05/1995
02/1999
17.03.2000: The F-14B was lost during operations from USS John F. Kennedy. Both pilot and RIO were rescued.
163220 F-14B VF-32 02/1999
04/2001 NADEP JAX
163221 F-14B VF-74
VF-102
VF-103
VF-103		 AA105
AB112

AA110		 07/1992 & 10/1993
05/1998
02/1999
04/2001
163222 F-14B VF-11
VF-101
VF-101		 AG104
AD107
AD101
04/2001
06/2003
163223 F-14B NAWC

VX-9		 210 06/1996
NF-14 testbed
04/2001
163224 F-14B VF-103
VF-32		 AA101
AC107		 09/1997
04/2001
163225 F-14B VF-102
VF-101		 AB102
AD106		 11/2000, 04/2001, 03/2002
06/2003
163226 F-14B VF-101
VX-9		 AD101
XF241		 09/1994
04/1999 & 04/2001
163227 F-14B VF-211
VF-102

VF-11		 NG123


AG200		 07/1997
02/1999
04/2001 NADEP JAX
10/2004
163228 F-14B VF-101
VF-11		 AD110 11/1993
26.07.2000: The a/c crashed in the Saudi Arabian desert during a routine training exercise. The pilot and RIO ejected to safety from the F-14. Both men were recovered in good health and have been transported by helicopter to the Taif Air Base in western Saudi Arabia.
163229 F-14B VF-103 AA105 04/2001 & 2004
      F-14B-155-GR
163407 F-14B VF-143
VF-102
VF-143		 AG111
AB110
AG101		 04/1995
04/2001
08/2002
163408 F-14B VF-74
VF-32

VF-11		 AA111


AG203		 09/1993
02/1999
04/2001 NADEP JAX
08/2002 & 10/2004
163409 F-14B VF-32

VF-11


AG212		 02/1999
04/2001 NADEP JAX
08/2002
163410 F-14B VF-101
VF-32		 AD105
AC104		 11/1993
04/2001 & 10/2004
163411 F-14B VF-101 AD101 15.03.1993: Aircraft disintegrated in flight due to engine explosion at supersonic speed.



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