F-14D BuNo 164604 was delivered to the Navy on July, 10 1992 and was the final Tomcat to roll off the Grumman Aerospace production line at Calverton, NY. It served as a Test & Evaluation aircraft with VX-4 and VX-9 as VANDY 1 in the famous Black Bunny paint scheme. On 26 June 2004 it flew its final flight from NAS Pt. Mugu to its present home at NAS Oceana where it serves as a memorial to all those who designed, worked on, flew, and maintained the Tomcat.
The F-14 Tomcat Association.
The plane pictured is from the VX-9 group. I *think* this was the ONLY plane in their group to sport the Bunny. However the Bunny was also used by VX-4 until 1994. On 30 September 1994, VX-4 was disestablished and its assets were reassigned to VX-9 (Detachment Point Mugu) Vampires.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VX-4
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