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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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).
Typical Vehicle Designation Stencil for a USAF aircraft. This one is on the port side of a T-33A under the canopy frame. Joint Regulation 4120.15E: Designating and Naming Military Aerospace Vehicles is the current system for designating all aircraft, helicopters, rockets, missiles, spacecraft, and other aerial vehicles in military use by the United States Armed Forces.
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.
Army aircraft from the 1956 system were similarly redesignated. [citation needed] The 1962 Tri-Service aircraft designation system is still in use today, though, since 1974, it has been presented and maintained alongside the 1963 Tri-Service rocket and guided missile designation system. DoD Directive 4120.15, first issued in 1971 and most ...
Authorization of Aircraft Network Security Program ANT Antenna (radio) ANSOG Airport Network Security Operator Guidance A/O Air oil In turbine engines AOA Angle of attack: AOC 1: Air operator's certificate: AOC 2: Aeronautical operational control: AOG Aircraft on ground: AOM 1: Aircraft operations manual AOM 2: Airport/aerodrome operating ...