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united states military aircraft designation systems wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history toggle history subsection 1 1 united states army air service system 1919 1924 1 2 army aviation system 1924 1962 1 3 us navy systems pre 1962 1 3 1 airships 1 4 united states army system 1956 1962 1 5 tri service aircraft system air force army navy 1962 present 2 see also 3 references toggle references subsection 3 1 notes 3 2 bibliography 4 external links toggle the table of contents united states military aircraft designation systems 4 languages français 日本語 русский українська edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia systems used by the united states to assign identifiers to aircraft in service multiple designation systems have been used to specify united states military aircraft the first system was introduced in 1911 by the united states navy but was discontinued six years later 1 the first system similar to that used today was designed in 1919 when the us army s aeronautical division became the united states army air service before this aircraft were put into service under their manufacturers designations 2 history edit martin nbs 1 bomber of the 11th bombardment squadron united states army air service system 1919 1924 edit main article 1919 united states army air service aircraft designation system during this period type designations used by the united states army air service consisted of a two or three letter abbreviation of the aircraft s purpose examples include ga for ground attack aircraft no for night observation aircraft and nbs for night bombardment short distance aircraft 3 army aviation system 1924 1962 edit main article 1924 united states army air service aircraft designation system martin b 26s of the 323rd bombardment group douglas b 26 of the 609th special operations squadron from 1924 to 1947 the air service united states army air corps united states army air forces and united states air force used a designation system based on mission category with each model in a category numbered sequentially 2 in 1947 when the air force became a separate service the designation system was extensively overhauled with several categories being discontinued and others renamed 4 for instance the lockheed p 80 shooting star pursuit was redesignated as f 80 fighter while the a 26 medium bomber attack aircraft was redesignated as the b 26 reusing the designation the martin b 26 having retired in the meantime 5 us navy systems pre 1962 edit main articles list of united states navy aircraft designations pre 1962 and 1922 united states navy aircraft designation system f4u corsair of vf 42 before 1962 the united states navy which also procured aircraft for the united states marine corps and united states coast guard used several designation systems the first was adopted in 1911 but it was replaced by the second in 1914 and aircraft still in inventory were redesignated both systems were based primarily on aircraft class rather than mission in 1917 the 1914 system was dropped and the navy reverted to using manufacturer s model designations 6 in 1922 a new designation system was adopted based on both mission and manufacturer and lasted until 1962 5 airships edit main articles list of united states navy aircraft designations pre 1962 pre 1954 airship systems and list of airships of the united states navy k class blimp k 3 uss los angeles zr 3 navy blimps were initially grouped by class and then used a special designation system until 1954 when this system was unified with the main 1922 system 7 in contrast with its other aircraft the navy s four rigid airships were treated as commissioned warships and were given hull classification symbols 8 united states army system 1956 1962 edit main article 1956 united states army aircraft designation system cv 2 caribou a from 1956 to 1962 the united states army used a separate designation system from that of the united states air force tri service aircraft system air force army navy 1962 present edit main article 1962 united states tri service aircraft designation system general dynamics f 111a of the 430th tactical fighter squadron starting 18 september 1962 a joint system of mission based designations was used with most of these restarting from 1 9 various previously designated models from the pre 1962 army air force system such as the f 111 were not redesignated 10 f 4b phantom ii of vf 114 b all in use navy and marine corps aircraft from the pre 1962 system were redesignated within the new system an attempt was made to retain the original type sequence numbers for as many aircraft as possible thus the f2h banshee became the f 2 the f4h phantom ii became the f 4 and the f8u crusader became the f 8 10 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 recently updated in 2020 4120 15e incorporating change 02 designating and naming military aerospace vehicles is implemented via air force instruction 16 401 army regulation 70 50 naval air systems command instruction navairinst 13100 16 3 november 2020 and describes both systems 11 12 13 a list of us military aircraft was kept via 4120 15 l model designation of military aerospace vehicles 31 august 2018 until its transition to data af mil on 31 august 2018 14 13 see also edit list of military aircraft of the united states list of undesignated military aircraft of the united states list of u s dod aircraft designations military aircraft united states military aircraft engine designations references edit notes edit explanatory notes redesignated c 7a caribou under the tri service system under the navy designation system this was an f4h 1 phantom ii citations swanborough bowers 1976 pp 4 5 1 2 angelucci 1987 p 9 danby 1977 pp 10 11 danby 1977 pp 9 10 1 2 angelucci 1987 p 10 swanborough bowers 1976 pp 4 5 29 swanborough bowers 1976 pp 503 507 swanborough bowers 1976 p 503 angelucci 1987 p 11 1 2 danby 1976 p 9 second destination transportation phase 2 lmi task 75 4 pdf logistics management institute january 1976 archived pdf from the original on 11 april 2022 retrieved 11 april 2022 dodd 4120 15e november 29 2004 incorporating change 2 september 17 2020 designating and naming military aerospace vehicles pdf us dod 17 september 2020 archived from the original pdf on 29 march 2022 retrieved 11 april 2022 1 2 department of the air force instruction 16 401 army regulation 70 50 navairinst 13100 16 3 november 2020 designating and naming defense military aerospace vehicles pdf department of air force e publishing 3 november 2020 archived from the original pdf on 6 march 2022 retrieved 11 april 2022 dodd 4120 15 l mode designation of military aerospace vehicles august 31 2018 pdf us dod executive services directorate 31 august 2018 archived from the original pdf on 19 january 2022 retrieved 11 april 2022 bibliography edit angelucci enzo 1987 the american fighter from 1917 to the present new york orion books danby peter a 1976 united states navy serials 1941 to 1976 merseyside aviation society isbn 0 902420 17 8 danby peter a 1977 united states air force serials 1946 to 1977 merseyside aviation society isbn 0 902420 22 4 swanborough gordon bowers peter m 1976 united states navy aircraft since 1911 2nd ed annapolis maryland naval institute press isbn 0 87021 968 5 external links edit a comprehensive explanation can be found at systems of designation v t e armed forces of the united states legend a army mc marine corps n navy af air force sf space force cg coast guard leadership president of the united states secretary of defense deputy secretary of defense secretary of homeland security deputy secretary of homeland security joint chiefs of staff chairman vice chairman committees on armed services senate house active duty four star officers active duty three star officers united states military seniority national security act of 1947 goldwater nichols act components military departments department of defense secretary department of the army secretary 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