Question : Formula, Function or Macro that will eliminate the last 6 characters from a cell value

I have a column with as many as 3000 entries, some of which have the string " (OLD)" at the end. For example, G9 might be "E0718", G10 = "E2150 (OLD)", and G11="367". I can get the desired results with the formula below, but I wouldn't want 50 of these in a workbook let alone 3,000.
What's the most economical way to do this?

Thanks,
John

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=IF(RIGHT(VLOOKUP(F10,'\\taus-inas3\toledo_share\Depts\css\A_ILS & Reliability\Reliability\1-CURRENT\Monthly Flight Hours\[Copy of t_FH.xls]t_FH'!E:G,2,0),1)=")",LEFT(VLOOKUP(F10,'\\taus-inas3\toledo_share\Depts\css\A_ILS & Reliability\Reliability\1-CURRENT\Monthly Flight Hours\[Copy of t_FH.xls]t_FH'!E:G,2,0),(LEN(VLOOKUP(F10,'\\taus-inas3\toledo_share\Depts\css\A_ILS & Reliability\Reliability\1-CURRENT\Monthly Flight Hours\[Copy of t_FH.xls]t_FH'!E:G,2,0))-FIND(" ",VLOOKUP(F10,'\\taus-inas3\toledo_share\Depts\css\A_ILS & Reliability\Reliability\1-CURRENT\Monthly Flight Hours\[Copy of t_FH.xls]t_FH'!E:G,2,0),1))),VLOOKUP(F10,'\\taus-inas3\toledo_share\Depts\css\A_ILS & Reliability\Reliability\1-CURRENT\Monthly Flight Hours\[Copy of t_FH.xls]t_FH'!E:G,2,0))

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Answer : Formula, Function or Macro that will eliminate the last 6 characters from a cell value

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Boris Herman, ACSA, ACT