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| BuNo | Type | Unit | Modex # | Date |
| F-14B-145-GR | ||||
| 162910 | F-14B | Grumman VF-103 VF-103 |
558 AA101 |
 11/87 02/99 04/2001 |
| 162911 | F-14B | VF-11 VF-11 |
AG210 |
02/99 04/2001 |
| 162912 | F-14B | VF-11 VF-11 |
AG201 |
02/99 04/2001 |
| 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. |
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| 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 (from the leaking wing). 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 |
10/94 05/97 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 |
10/93 & 05/95 a/c stricken
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| 162919 | F-14B | VF-32 VF-11 |
AG211 |
02/99 04/2001 |
| 162920 | F-14B | VF-102 VF-102 |
AB102 AB106 |
05/97 & 02/99 04/2001 |
| 162921 | F-14B | VF-103 VF-143 |
AA110 AG100 |
05/98 02/99 & 04/2001 |
| 162922 | F-14B | VF-143 VF-102 VF-32 VF-32 |
AG112 AB114 AC112 |
04/95 05/97 02/99 04/2001 |
| 162923 | F-14B | VF-101 VF-143 VF-143 |
AD101 AG101 |
10/97 02/99 04/2001 |
| 162924 | F-14B | VF-74 VF-103 VF-143 |
AA104 AA207 AG114 |
04/90 09/94 04/2001
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| 162925 | F-14B | VF-102 | AB104 |
09/94 |
| 162926 | F-14B | VF-143 | AG105 |
04/2001 |
| 162927 | F-14B | VF-11 | AG205 |
04/2001 |
| F-14B-150-GR | ||||
| 163215 | F-14B | VF-32 VF-143 |
AC105 |
10/98 02/99 04/2001 NADEP JAX |
| 163216 | F-14B | VF-103 VF-103 VF-101 |
AA201 AA107 |
05/95 05/97 02/99 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. 04/2001 NADEP JAX |
| 163217 | F-14B | VF-103 VF-102 |
AB111 |
02/99 04/2001 |
| 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! 11/00 |
| 163219 | F-14B | VF-103 VF-102 VF-102 |
AA201 AB113 |
05/95 02/99 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 |
02/99 04/2001 NADEP JAX |
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| 163221 | F-14B | VF-74 VF-102 VF-103 VF-103 |
AA105 AB112 AA110 |
07/92 & 10/93 05/98 02/99 04/2001 |
| 163222 | F-14B | VF-11 VF-101 |
AG104 AD107 |
04/2001 |
| 163223 | F-14B | NAWC | 210 |
06/96 NF-14 testbed |
| 163224 | F-14B | VF-103 VF-32 |
AA101 AC107 |
09/97 04/2001
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| 163225 | F-14B | VF-102 | AB102 |
11/2000 & 04/2001
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| 163226 | F-14B | VF-101 VX-9 |
AD101 XF241 |
09/94 04/99 |
| 163227 | F-14B | VF-211 VF-102 |
NG123 |
07/97 02/99 04/2001 NADEP JAX |
| 163228 | F-14B | VF-101 VF-11 |
AD110 |
11/93 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. |
| F-14B-155-GR | ||||
| 163407 | F-14B | VF-143 VF-102 |
AG111 AB110 |
04/95 04/2001
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| 163408 | F-14B | VF-74 VF-32 |
AA111 |
09/93 02/99 04/2001 NADEP JAX |
| 163409 | F-14B | VF-32 |
02/99 04/2001 |
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| 163410 | F-14B | VF-101 VF-32 |
AD105 AC104 |
11/93 04/2001
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| 163411 | F-14B | VF-101 | AD101 | 15.03.1993 |
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