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Since 1993, the U.S. Air Force (USAF), Air Force Reserve, and Air National Guard (ANG), except Air Mobility Command (AMC) aircraft, utilize this format in all tail codes: two large letters, followed by two digits printed in a smaller text size, followed by three more digits printed in a larger text size.
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 ...
The first Eighth Air Force aircraft to receive unit markings were the Spitfires of the 4th and 31st Fighter Groups training with RAF Fighter Command in September 1942. 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.
Air Force Wing Date First Activated Base 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 ...
Air Force One: 27000 VC-137C SAM 27000: Air Force One: 82-8000 (28000) Boeing VC-25A: Air Force One Air Force One photo op incident: 92-9000 (29000) Boeing VC-25A: Air Force One: 17171 Douglas C-117D: Sólheimasandur Plane Crash: 37396 Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon: Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon No. 37396: 39939 Beech SNB-1 Kansan: Cubana de Aviación Flight ...
On the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit bomber, lacking a tail, the number appears on the nose gear door. Individual agencies have each evolved their own system of serial number identification. Aircraft serials are part of the Aircraft Visual Identification System, which also includes the aircraft's tail code and Modex.
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
International operating agency: Arab Air Cargo Kazakhstan: UP [1] UP-AAA01 to UP-ZZZ99 (Suffix letters refer to aircraft type). Changed from UN to avoid confusion with the United Nations. Kenya: 5Y [3] 5Y-AAA to 5Y-ZZZ Kiribati: T3 [2] T3-AAA to T3-ZZZ Kosovo: Z6 plus national emblem [19] Z6-AAA to Z6-ZZZ Kuwait: 9K [3] 9K-AAA to 9K-ZZZ ...