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When a carrier-capable Marine squadron deploys on an aircraft carrier as a part of the U.S. Navy Carrier Air Wing, it typically adopts the tail code of this Air Wing for the period of deployment. A circular letter issued by the CNO in November 1946 specified that code letters on USMC planes were to be underscored.
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USAAF unit identification aircraft markings, commonly called "tail markings" after their most frequent location, were numbers, letters, geometric symbols, and colors painted onto the tails (vertical stabilizer fins, rudders and horizontal surfaces), wings, or fuselages of the aircraft of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during the ...
The exception is those squadrons assigned to a Navy Carrier Air Wing which use the Carrier Air Wing's tail code. Light transport aircraft assigned to Marine Corps Air Stations use a two place tail code consisting of a number 5 followed by a letter unique to each Marine Corps Air Station.
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Finally, a numeral, preceded by a dash, is the unique number of the squadron within its class. Thus, for example, VP-1 is the designator for Patrol Squadron One, where the "V" stands for Heavier-than-Air and the class letter "P" stands for Patrol, while ZP-1 is the designator for Airship Patrol Squadron One, with the "Z" indicating Lighter-than ...
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For presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush the flight was known as Special Air Mission 28000, where the number represents the aircraft's tail number. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] For President Barack Obama , the Special Air Mission flight used the call sign SAM 44 , as Obama was the 44th President.