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Carrier Air Wing 15 tail code "NL" is prominently displayed on this A-7E Corsair II. Tail codes on the U.S. Navy aircraft are the markings that help to identify the aircraft's unit and/or base assignment. These codes comprise one or two letters or digits painted on both sides of the vertical stabilizer, on the top right and on the bottom left ...
The registration often denotes the aircraft type and maker. Some examples: HB-Axx two-engined aircraft from 5.7 to 15 tons, Aircraft over 15 tons due to shortage of Jxx. HB-Bxx balloons; HB-Cxx single-engined Cessnas under 5.7 tons; HB-Dxx and HB-Kxx other single-engined aircraft under 5.7 tons; HB-Fxx Swiss-produced aircraft like PC-6 and PC-12
The U. S. Navy's aircraft visual identification system uses tail codes and modex to visually identify the aircraft's purpose and organization. Carrier air wing (CVW) tail codes denote which fleet the air wing belongs; A for Atlantic Fleet and N for Pacific Fleet. All squadrons display their CVW's tail code as follows, regardless of aircraft type:
Aircraft Tail Code 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron: Vikings [105] Air Combat Command: Twelfth Air Force: 552 ACW: 15 January 1941 [106] Tinker AFB, Oklahoma: E-3 [107] OK: 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron: Pacific Air Forces: Fifth Air Force: 18 WG: 15 January 1941 Kadena AB, Japan: E-3 [108] ZZ: 962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron ...
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 ...
Assigned to 930th Special Operations Group Tail Code: ID 78th Special Operations Squadron Barksdale AFB, Louisiana 1972–1973 Assigned to 917th Tactical Fighter Group Tail Code: ES 706th Tactical Fighter Squadron: New Orleans NAS, Louisiana 1978–1982 Received aircraft from 46th SOS; Assigned to 926th Tactical Fighter Group Tail Code: NO
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Martin, Patrick (1994). Tail Code: The Complete History of USAF Tactical Aircraft Tail Code Markings. Schiffer Military Aviation History. ISBN 0-88740-513-4. Rogers, Brian (2005). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. Hinkley, England: Midland Publications. ISBN 1-85780-197-0. Aircraft Serial Numbers – 1908 to present [21]