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When the system began the names were assigned by the Air Standardization Coordinating Committee (ASCC), made up of the English-speaking allies of the Second World War, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and two non-NATO countries, Australia and New Zealand. The ASCC names were adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense and then NATO.
NATO uses a system of code names, called reporting names, to denote military aircraft and other equipment used by post-Soviet states, former Warsaw Pact countries, China, and other countries. The system assists military communications by providing short, one or two-syllable names, as alternatives to the precise proper names , which may be ...
NATO reporting name/ASCC names for transport aircraft and their Soviet, ... NATO reporting name Common name Cab: Lisunov Li-2: Camber: Ilyushin Il-86: Camel: Tupolev ...
For infantry anti-aircraft weapons, NATO countries possess various Man-portable air-defense systems, such as the FIM-92 Stinger, Starstreak, and Piorun. The Stinger and Mistral missiles are commonly used throughout NATO, while the Starstreak and Piorun missiles are only used in their countries of origin.
List of NATO reporting names for transport aircraft; U. USAF/DoD reporting names This page was last edited on 1 August 2024, at 07:56 (UTC). Text ...
This is a list of NATO reporting name/ASCC names for bombers, with Soviet Union and Chinese designations. Bombers had names starting with the letter "B"; single-syllable words denoted propeller driven aircraft (piston and turboprop engines), while two syllable words were used for jets. Three syllable words are for propfans.
NATO reporting name/Air Standardization Coordinating Committee (ASCC) names for miscellaneous aircraft, with Soviet and Chinese designations, sorted by reporting name:
List of NATO reporting names for fighters. Add languages. Add links. Article; Talk; English. Read; Edit; View history; ... List of NATO reporting names for fighter ...