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USAAF unit identification aircraft markings. Markers painted onto aircraft parts of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. A Boeing B-17 G in the markings of the 91st Bomb Group and displaying fuselage codes, tail symbols, and 1st Combat Bomb Wing color markings. B-17G Flying Fortresses 44-46604 and 44-48676 of the 306th Bomb ...
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:
Some squadrons used colors rather than characters; these are listed below. 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 ...
Twentieth Air Force. The Twentieth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) (20th AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). It is headquartered at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. 20 AF's primary mission is Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) operations.
commanders. Brig Gen Roger M. Ramey. Brig Gen Haywood S. Hansell, Jr. Maj Gen Curtis LeMay. The XXI Bomber Command was a unit of the Twentieth Air Force in the Mariana Islands for strategic bombing during World War II. The command was established at Smoky Hill Army Air Field, Kansas on 1 March 1944.
Military aircraft insignia. A Bristol F.2 with British markings standardised during the First World War. Military aircraft insignia are insignia applied to military aircraft to visually identify the nation or branch of military service to which the aircraft belong. Many insignia are in the form of a circular roundel or modified roundel; other ...
AF Serial Number 06-6161, a C-17A Globemaster III. In the United States, all military aircraft display a serial number to identify individual aircraft. These numbers are located on the aircraft tail, so they are sometimes referred to unofficially as "tail numbers". On the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit bomber, lacking a tail, the number appears on ...
The 20th Fighter Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force and the host unit at Shaw Air Force Base South Carolina. The wing is assigned to Air Combat Command 's Fifteenth Air Force. The wing's mission is to provide, project, and sustain combat -ready aircraft in conventional and anti-radiation suppression of enemy air defenses, strategic ...