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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.
The United States Department of Defense (DOD) expands on the NATO reporting names in some cases. NATO refers to surface-to-air missile systems mounted on ships or submarines with the same names as the corresponding land-based systems, but the US DOD assigns a different series of numbers with a different prefix (i.e., SA-N- versus SA-) for these systems.
The name came from the aircraft's ability to "mirror" the command and control functions of the underground command post at SAC headquarters. Began 1961. Operation Louisville Slugger – 1971 RF-4C Phantom II reconnaissance north of the DMZ to locate North Vietnam Fan Song radar sites. [39]
Carrier-based Electronic-warfare aircraft: Manned 2009 [citation needed] 153 [25] EP-3E ARIES II: Lockheed USA Propeller Electronic-warfare aircraft: Manned 1950s [citation needed] 9 [25] EP-3E signals reconnaissance aircraft are being replaced by the MQ-4 Triton. EP-3 divestment will be complete by FY2025. [100] F-5F/N Tiger II: Northrop USA ...
The United States department of Defense was established in 1949, the old name Department of War was retired in 1947. In 1962 separate aircraft naming schemes were unified, but out of convenience many numbers carried over. For example, the P-38 Lightning, which also was used as the F-4 and F-5 for reconnaissance and FO in the Navy, became the F-38.
Only those designated after 1962 are listed here. Some aircraft did not have military sponsors, but since they were designated under the same sequence they are listed here. For aircraft in the sequence designated before 1962, see List of United States Air Force aircraft designations (1919–1962) § X: Special Research/Experimental (1948–1962).
The breakdown is 12 C-37As and one C-37B (based on the Gulfstream G550). C-40 Clipper: United States VIP transport C-40B/C: 12 [7] The breakdown is four C-40Bs and seven C-40Cs. C-130 Hercules: United States transport C-130H: 153 [2] C-130J Super Hercules: United States tactical airlifter: C-130J: 198 aircraft (maximum number of aircraft ...
In the US Air Force the naming convention for ground attack aircraft is a prefix "A-", followed by a number, e.g. A-10, bomber aircraft are prefixed with “B-”, e.g. B-52, and fighter aircraft with “F-”, e.g. F-35. [3] This list is limited to fixed-wing aircraft that have been built, and does not include abandoned concepts or fictional ...