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Squadron Name Insignia Nickname Command Air Force Wing Date First Activated Base Aircraft Tail Code 2nd Air Refueling Squadron: Air Mobility Command: Eighteenth Air Force: 305 AMW: 1 December 1915 JB McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst, New Jersey [13] KC-46A [14] 6th Air Refueling Squadron: Air Mobility Command: Eighteenth Air Force: 60 AMW: 1 February 1940
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:
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 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 ...
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 ...
Carrier Air Wing 15 tail code "NL" is prominently displayed on this A-7E Corsair II. Tail codes on the U.S. Navy aircraft are the markings that help to identify the aircraft's unit and/or base assignment. These codes comprise one or two letters or digits painted on both sides of the vertical stabilizer, on the top right and on the bottom left ...
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.