Last F-14 in USN service will be moving to Cradle of Aviation Museum

Felix 101, F-14D BuNo 164603, will be moving from Bethpage to the Cradle of Aviation Museum. Northrup Grumman will be helping to pay for and support the relocation.

US Navy 060207-N-2838C-004 An F-14D Tomcat assigned to the Tomcatters of Fighter Squadron Three One (VF-31) is launched off the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Michael D. Cole, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The warbird needs to relocate as the land it is sitting on has been sold to a California company and it is seeking property-tax breaks and a sales-tax exemption from the county. However, the Industrial Development Agency could not vote on the package of tax-aid until a new location for the Tomcat is determined.

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