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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.
A ram air turbine (RAT) is a small wind turbine that is connected to a hydraulic pump, or electrical generator, installed in an aircraft and used as a power source. The RAT generates power from the airstream by ram pressure due to the speed of the aircraft. It may be called an air driven generator (ADG) on some aircraft. [1]
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 ...
M2A1 generator trailer, (generator only), (3 inch AA) M2 chemical /bomb trailer 4-ton (G74) M3 unknown; M4 artillery plotting room trailer (G155) M5 bomb trailer, 2 1 ⁄ 2-ton, 3-wheel (G74) M6 tractor crane (G117) M7 2-ton generator trailer (G221) M8 armored ammunition, (G157) M9 trailer, tank, 45-ton (Diamond T tank transporter) with ...
Military surveillance version of the DHC-8-100, used for missile range control. [citation needed] E-11A (BACN) [32] Northrop Grumman USA / Canada: Jet Command and control / BACN: Manned c. 2011 [33] 5 [3] 2 aircraft to be divested in FY2025. [34] Nine planned. [35] EA-37B Compass Call: Gulfstream USA Jet Radar jamming / PSYOP: Manned 2026 [35 ...
6 test aircraft and 1 production aircraft have been delivered. 20 on order. 42 planned. [64] MQ-1B Predator: General Atomics: USA Propeller Multi-mission Unmanned [citation needed] 1 [2] MQ-9A Reaper: General Atomics: USA Propeller Multi-mission [65] Unmanned 2007, 2015 (ER) [66] 102 [2] BQM-167 Skeeter: Composite Engineering: Jet Target drone ...
It is primarily used as a small transport aircraft by Air Force Special Operations Command. UV-18B Twin Otter: Canada: utility transport 3 [5] STOL capable aircraft.It is primarily used as a training aircraft for parachute troops at the military academy. VC-25: United States Presidential transport: 2 [7] Helicopter; HH-60 Pave Hawk: United ...
Soviet Combat Aircraft of the Second World War, Vol. 2: Twin-Engined Fighters, Attack Aircraft and Bombers. Motorbooks / Midland Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781857800845. Gordon, Yefim; Khazanov, Dmitri (1998). Soviet Combat Aircraft of the Second World War: Volume One - Single Engined Fighters. Earl Shilton, Leicester: Midland Pub. ISBN 1-85780-083-4.