| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 163223 |
| Military Code: | 210 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Grumman F-14 Tomcat |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Grumman F-14 Tomcat |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman NF-14B Tomcat |
| C/n (msn): | 584 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | NAWCWD |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Point Mugu - NAS / Naval Bases Ventura CountyMap |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KNTD IATA: NTD Local: NTD Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 8 October 1999 |
| Photo by: | Stephan de Bruijn |
| Photo ID: | 145758 |
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A permanent test Tomcat for the Naval Air Warfare Center-Weapons Division at its homebase Point Mugu. This F-14B (Block 150, FY 1987) was delivered to the US Navy in 1989 and served from the early 90s within the Test and Evaluation community. Since the mid 90s, BuNo 163223 was used as the F-14B Avionics Upgrade Prototype and was therefore specially wired and configured. It received an N in its type designation to make it clear that this aircraft was not suitable for regular carrier deployments as it deviates from normal standard F-14s. The NF-14B was scrapped at AMARG in July 2007. This photo is copyright © Stephan de Bruijn, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 12 June 2019, and has since been viewed 1068 times. |