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A B-24 with squadron code 2C, denoting the 838th Bombardment Squadron of the 487th Bombardment Group (tail Square P) A B-17 with squadron code LL, denoting the 401st Bombardment Squadron of the 91st Bombardment Group (tail Triangle A) A B-17 with squadron code VE, denoting the 532d Bombardment Squadron of the 381st Bombardment Group (tail ...
Base Aircraft Tail Code 64th Aggressor Squadron: Gomers [5] Air Combat Command: United States Air Force Warfare Center: 57 WG: 15 January 1941 Nellis AFB, Nevada: F-16C/D [6] WA: 65th Aggressor Squadron: Air Combat Command: United States Air Force Warfare Center: 57 WG: 15 January 1941 Nellis AFB, Nevada [7] F-35A [8] WA: 706th Aggressor ...
RAF squadron codes [1] squadron code unit Notes A: No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF: 1 PRU A: No. 111 Operational Training Unit RAF: 111 OTU A: No. 112 Squadron RAF: Jul 1953 – Jan 1954 A: No. 118 Squadron RAF: Apr 1951 - Mar 1955 A: No. 120 Squadron RAF: 120 Sqn A: No. 14 (Advanced) Flying Training School: 14 (A) FTS A: No. 14 ...
The markings were two-letter fuselage squadron codes located on one side of the national insignia and a single letter aircraft code on the other side. However sixteen squadrons of B-17s of the new VIII Bomber Command , beginning in December 1942, also received this identification system, which continued in the spring and summer of 1943 when ...
The Flying Tiger Squadron (M-346 only) טייסת הנמר המעופף: Hatzerim Airbase: Retired: Fouga Magister, Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, Bell 212, Bell AH-1 Cobra Active: Grob G-120, Beechcraft T-6 Texan II, Beechcraft King Air, Bell 206, Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master: Active
When a carrier-capable Marine squadron deploys on an aircraft carrier as a part of the U.S. Navy Carrier Air Wing, it typically adopts the tail code of this Air Wing for the period of deployment. A circular letter issued by the CNO in November 1946 specified that code letters on USMC planes were to be underscored.
These codes are squadron specific and identify neither the squadron's wing nor base air station. Training Command aircraft use a single-letter tail code which identifies the aircraft's training wing. TW-1 NAS Meridian, MS: A; TW-2 NAS Kingsville, TX: B; TW-4 NAS Corpus Christi, TX: G; TW-5 NAS Whiting Field, FL: E; TW-6 NAS Pensacola, FL: F
Martin, Patrick. Tail Code: The Complete History of USAF Tactical Aircraft Tail Code Markings. Schiffer Military Aviation History, 1994. ISBN 0-88740-513-4. Mueller, Robert, Air Force Bases Volume I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982, Office of Air Force History, 1989