List of U.S. DoD aircraft designations

This is a table of 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system with selected letter sequences and number. Two previous USAF/AAF/AAC number series are included due to their impact and partial incorporation into the tri-service system (A, B, C, F and O reset to one, but # carryover existed).

Key: Rows are by number and columns are by single letter designation with unique number series. Selected double letter designation are linked but with parentheses ( ), when their primary letter is of that series (not modified mission or status prefix modifiers), there is non non pre-fixed aircraft, or if there several multiple mission/status versions. If aircraft was originally designated in an earlier system it is marked with an asterisk * (either renamed, or, all or part of designation adopted into new system after '62). Strikethrough is for designations which were changed or canceled (e.g. aircraft changed to new one). Skipped on purpose (unused) or retired before '62 is marked with a ^ and simply unused with a dash – . Aircraft designated after 1962 that continue (or appear to continue) pre-'62 number series are marked ^#.

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 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. In 1948 the Pursuit series designated P, switched to being called F for fighter, which was continued in 1962. Much later the B series were restarted back at 1, but numbered additions began being made where the old C left off in the 21st century.

**Table of DoD aircraft designations: Basic Mission and Vehicle Type**
Post 1962 Series with selected Pre-1962 USAF/AAF/AAC number series and notes
#	X	A	F	P (F) 1924–62	F 1948–62	C	C 1924–62	U	E	B	T	V	H	H 1948-present	Q	O	P	S	R	Z	L	G
1	X-1*	A-1* OA-1K	F-1*	P-1	FJ	C-1*	C-1	U-1*	E-1*	B-1	T-1 T-1	OV-1*	(UH-1)* (AH-1)	^	(RQ-1)	O-1	^	^	(TR-1)	SZ-1/EZ-1	(YAL-1)	TG-1
2	X-2*	A-2*	F-2*	P-2	-	C-2*	C-2	U-2*	E-2	B-2	T-2*	CV-2*	H-2*	^	(RQ-2)	O-2	P-2*	S-2	–	EZ-2	–	TG-2
3	X-3*	A-3*	F-3*	P-3	-	C-3*	C-3	U-3*	E-3	–	T-3	XV-3*	H-3*	^	(RQ-3)	(YO-3)	P-3*	S-3	–	MZ-3	–	TG-3
4	X-4*	A-4*	F-4*	(XP-4)	-	C-4*	C-4	U-4*	E-4	–	^	XV-4*	(OH-4)*	^	(RQ-4)	(ZO-4)	P-4*	–	–	RZ-4	–	TG-4
5	X-5*	A-5*	F-5	P-5*	-	C-5	C-5	U-5*	E-5	–	^	XV-5*	H-5	H-5*	(RQ-5)	(EO-5)	P-5*	–	–	–	–	TG-5
6	X-6	A-6*	F-6*	P-6*	F6U	C-6	C-6	U-6*	E-6	–	T-6* T-6	XV-6*	H-6*	H-6	(RQ-6)	RO-6	–	–	–	–	–	TG-6
7	X-7	A-7	(YF-7*)	XP-7*	F7U	C-7 ~~(RC-7)~~	C-7	U-7*	E-7	–	T-7	(CV-7)*	^	^	(RQ-7)	–	P-7	–	–	–	–	TG-7
8	X-8	A-8	F-8*	(XP-8)	-	C-8	C-8	U-8*	E-8	–	^	(XV-8) AV-8	^	^	Q-8	–	P-8	–	–	–	–	RG-8
9	X-9	(YA-9)	F-9*	XP-9	-	C-9	C-9	U-9*	E-9	–	^	(XV-9)	^	H-9	(MQ-9)	–	P-9	–	–	–	–	TG-9
10	X-10	A-10	F-10*	(XP-10)	-	(KC-10)	C-10	U-10*	E-10	–	^	(OV-10)	^	H-10	Q-10	–	–	–	–	–	–	TG-10
11	X-11	A-11	F-11*	P-11	-	C-11	C-11	U-11*	E-11	–	^	(XV-11)	^	H-11	(RQ-11)	–	–	–	–	–	–	TG-11
12	X-12	A-12 (A-12)	(YF-12)	P-12	-	C-12*	(Y1C-12)	^	–	–	^	(XFV-12) (OV-12)	^	H-12	RQ-12	–	–	–	–	–	–	TG-12
13	X-13*	^	^	(XP-13)	-	^	^	^	–	–	^	^	^	H-13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	^
14	X-14	A-14	F-14	XP-14	-	(YC-14)	(Y1C-14)	^	–	–	^	~~(XV-14)~~	^	^	RQ-14	–	–	–	–	–	–	TG-14
15	X-15*	^	F-15	(XP-15)	-	(YC-15)	~~(Y1C-15)~~ C-15	^	–	–	^	(XV-15)	^	H-15	RQ-15	–	–	–	–	–	–	TG-15
16	X-16	^	F-16 ~~F/A-16~~	P-16	-	C-16	(Y1C-16)	U-16*	–	–	^	(AV-16)	^	H-16	RQ-16	–	–	–	–	–	–	TG-16
17	X-17	A-17	(YF-17)	(XP-17)	-	C-17	(Y1C-17)	U-17*	–	^	^	XV-17	^	H-17	MQ-17	–	–	–	–
18	X-18	~~A-18~~ (F/A-18)	~~F-18~~ ~~(TF-18)~~ (F/A-18)	(XP-18)	-	C-18*	(Y1C-18)	U-18	–	–	^	(UV-18)	^	H-18	MQ-18	–	–	–	–
19	X-19	^	^	(XP-19)	-	C-19	(Y1C-19)	U-19*	–	–	^	^	^	H-19	MQ-19	–	–	–	–
20	X-20*	^	F-20	(YP-20)	-	C-20	(YC-20)	U-20	–	–	^	(UV-20)	^	H-20	RQ-20	–	–	–	–
21	X-21*	^	F-21	(XP-21)	-	C-21	(Y1C-21)	U-21	–	B-21	^	PV-21	^	H-21	RQ-21	–	–	–	–
22	X-22	~~(F/A-22)~~	~~(F/A-22)~~ F-22	(XP-22)	-	C-22	C-22	U-22	–	(FB-22)	^	V-22	^	H-22	RQ-22	–	–	–	–
23	X-23	^	(YF-23)	(XP-23)	-	C-23	~~Y1C-23~~ C-23	U-23	–	–	^	(UV-23)	^	H-23	RQ-23	–	–	–	–
24	X-24	^	^	(YP-24)	F-24	C-24	(Y1C-24)	U-24	–	–	^	V-24	^	H-24	CQ-24	–	–	–	–
25	X-25	^	^	(Y1P-25)	-	(VC-25)	(Y1C-25)	(HU-25) ~~U-25~~	–	–	^	–	^	H-25	MQ-25	–	–	–	–
26	X-26	A-26*	^	P-26	-	C26	C-26	U-26	–	B-26*	^	–	^	H-26	RQ-26	–	–	–	–
27	X-27	^	^	(YP-27)	-	C-27	C-27	U-27	–	–	^	-	^	H-27	MQ-27	–	–	–	–
28	X-28	^	^	(Y1P-28)	-	C-28	C-28	U-28	–	–	(DT-28*)	–	^	H-28	-	–	–	–	–
29	X-29	A-29	^	(YP-29)	-	C-29	C-29	^	–	–	(ET-29*)	–	^	H-29
30	X-30	^	^	P-30	-	C-30	C-30	^	–	–	–	–	^	H-30	–	–	–	–	–
31	X-31	^	^	(XP-31)	-	C-31	C-31	^	–	–	–	–	^	H-31	–	–	–	–	–
32	X-32	^	^	(XP-32)	-	C-32	C-32	^	–	–	–	–	^	H-32	–	–	–	–	–
33	X-33	^	^	(XP-33)	-	C-33	C-33	^	–	–	T-33*	–	–	H-33	–	–	–	–	–
34	X-34	^	^	(XP-34)	-	^	C-34	^	–	–	(YT-34)	–	^	H-34	–	–	–	–	–
35	X-35	^	F-35	P-35	-	C-35	(XC-35)	^	–	–	–	–	^	H-35	–	–	–	–	–
36	X-36	^	–	P-36	-	(YFC-36)	C-36	^	–	–	–	–	–	H-36	–	–	–	–	–
37	X-37	A-37*	–	(XP-37)	-	C-37	C-37	^	–	–	T-37* AT-37*	–	^	H-37	–	–	–	–	–
38	X-38	–	–	P-38	F-38	C-38	C-38	U-38	–	–	T-38*	–	^	H-38	–	–	–	–	–
39	X-39	–	–	P-39	F-39	^	C-39	–	–	–	T-39*	–	^	H-39	–	–	–	–	–
40	X-40	–	–	P-40	F-40	C-40	C-40	–	–	–	T-40	–	–	H-40	–	–	–	–	–
41	X-41	–	–	(XP-41)	-	C-41	C-41	–	–	–	T-41	–	-	(H-41)	–	–	–	–	–
42	X-42	–	–	(XP-42)	-	–	C-42	–	–	–	T-42	–	^	H-42	–	–	–	–	–
43	X-43	–	–	P-43	-	–	C-43	–	–	–	T-43	–	-	(HH-43)	–	–	–	–	–
44	X-44	–	–	(XP-44)	-	–	(XC-44)	–	–	–	T-44	(V-44)	^	H-44	–	–	–	–	–
45	X-45	–	–	(XP-45)	-	KC-45	C-45	–	–	B-45	T-45	–	^	H-45	–	–	–	–	–
46	X-46	–	–	(XP-46)	-	KC-46	C-46	–	–	–	T-46	–	-	H-46*	–	–	–	–	–
47	X-47	–	–	P-47	F-47	-	C-47	–	–	B-47*	T-47	–	-	H-47*	–	–	–	–	–
48	X-48	–	–	(XP-48)	-	–	C-48	–	–	–	T-48	–	-	(H-48)	–	–	–	–	–
49	X-49	–	–	(XP-49)	-	–	C-49	–	–	^	T-49	–	^	XH-49	–	–	–	–	–
50	X-50	–	–	(XP-50)	-	–	C-50	–	–	–	^	–	-	(QH-50)	–	–	–	–	–
51	X-51	–	–	P-51	F-51	–	C-51	–	–	–	T-51	–	-	(XH-51)	–	–	–	–	–
52	^	–	–	(XP-52)	-	–	C-52	–	–	B-52*	T-52	-	-	H-52	–	–	–	–	–
53	X-53	–	–	(XP-53)	-	–	C-53	–	–	–	T-53	–	-	H-53	–	–	–	–	–
54	X-54	–	–	(XP-54)	-	C-54*	C-54	–	–	–	–	–	-	(CH-54)	–	–	–	–	–
55	X-55	–	–	(XP-55)	-	–	C-55	–	–	–	–	–	-	H-55	–	–	–	–	–
56	X-56	–	–	(XP-56)	-	–	C-56	–	–	–	–	–	-	(AH-56)	–	–	–	–	–
57	X-57	–	–	(XP-57)	-	–	C-57	–	–	B-57*	–	–	-	(TH-57)	–	–	–	–	–
58	–	–	–	(XP-58)	-	–	C-58	–	–	B-58*	–	–	-	(OH-58)	Q-58	–	–	–	–
59	X-59	–	–	P-59	F-59	–	C-59	–	–	–	–	–	-	(XH-59)	–	–	–	–	–
60	X-60	–	–	(XP-60)	_	–	C-60	–	–	–	–	–	-	H-60	–	–	–	–	–
61	X-61	–	–	P-61	F-61	–	C-61	–	–	–	–	–	-	(YUH-61)	–	–	–	–	–
62	X-62	–	–	(XP-62)	-	–	C-62	–	–	–	–	–	-	(XCH-62)	–	–	–	–	–
63	^	–	–	P-63	F-63	–	C-63	–	–	–	–	–	-	(YAH-63)	–	–	–	–	–
64	^	–	–	P-64	-	–	C-64	–	–	–	–	–	-	(AH-64)	–	–	–	–	–
65	X-65	–	–	(XP-65)	-	–	C-65	–	–	–	–	–	-	(HH-65)	–	–	–	–	–
66	X-66	–	–	P-66	-	–	C-66	–	–	B-66*	–	–	-	(RAH-66)	–	–	–	–	–
67	–	–	–	(XP-67)	-	–	C-67	–	–	–	–	–	-	(TH-67)	–	–	–	–	–
68	–	–	–	(XP-68)	-	–	C-68	–	–	–	–	–	-	(MH-68)	–	–	–	–	–
69	–	–	–	(XP-69)	-	–	C-69	–	–	(RB-69*)	–	–	-	^	–	–	–	–	–
70	–	–	–	P-70	-	–	C-70	–	–	XB-70*	–	–	-	(ARH-70)	–	–	–	–	–
71	–	–	–	(XP-71)	-	–	C-71	–	–	(SR-71*)	–	–	-	(VH-71)
72	–	–	–	(XP-72)	-	–	C-72	–	–	–	–	–	-	(UH-72)	RQ-72
73	–	–	–	(^)	-	–	C-73	–	–	–	–	–		(TH-73)
74	–	–	–	^	^	–	C-74	–	–	–	–	–
75	–	–	–	(XP-75)	-	–	C-75	–	–	–	–	–
76	–	–	–	(XP-76)	-	–	C-76	–	–	–	–	–
77	–	–	–	(XP-77)	-	–	C-77
78	–	–	–	(XP-78)	-	–	C-78
79	–	–	–	(XP-79)	-	–	C-79
80				~~P-80~~ F-80*	-	–	C-80
81	–	–	–	(XP-81)		–	C-81
82	–	–	–	~~P-82~~ F-82*		–	C-82
83	–	–	–	(XP-83)		–	C-83	–	–	–	–	–
84	–	–	–	~~P-84~~ F-84*		–	C-84
85	–	–	–	~~(XP-85)~~ (XF-85)*		–	C-85
86	–	–	–	~~(XP-86)~~ F-86*		–	C-86
87	–	–	–	~~(XP-87)~~ (XF-87)*		–	C-87
88	–	–	–	~~(XP-88)~~ (XF-88*)		–	C-88
89	–	–	–	~~(XP-89)~~ F-89*		–	C-89	–	–	–	–	–
90	–	–	–	~~(XP-90)~~ (XF-90)*		–	C-90
91	–	–	–	(XF-91)	-	–	C-91
92	–	–	–	(XF-92)		–	C-92	–	–	–	–	–
93	–	–	–	(YF-93)		–	C-93	–	–	–	–	–
94	–	–	–	F-94		–	C-94	–	–	–	–	–
95	–	–	–	(YF-95)	-	–	(UC-95)	–	–	–	–	–
96	–	–	–	(YF-96)		–	C-96	–	–	–	–	–
97	–	–	–	F-97		–	C-97	–	–	–	–	–
98	–	–	–	~~(XF-98)~~		–	C-98	–	–	–	–	–
99	–	–	–	~~F-99~~		–	(XC-99)
100	–	–	F-100*	F-100		–	C-100
101	–	–	F-101*	F-101		–	C-101	–	–	–
102	–	–	F-102*	F-102	–	–	C-102
103	–	–	^	(XF-103)	–	–	C-103	–	–	–
104	–	–	F-104*	F-104	–	–	C-104
105			F-105*	F-105			(XC-105)
106	–	–	F-106*	F-106		–	(C-106)
107	–	–	^	F-107		–	C-107
108	–	–	^	(XF-108)		–	C-108
109	–	–	^	(XF-109)	–	–	C-109
110	–	–	^	F-110	-	–	C-110
111	–	–	F-111^#	(TFX)	–	–	C-111	–	–	(FB-111)^#
112			^	–	–	–	(XC-112)
113			^	–	–	(XC-113)*	(XC-113)
114			^	–	–	C-114	C-114
115	–	–	^	–	–	–	(XC-115)
116	–	–	^	–	–	–	(XC-116)
117	–	–	F-117^#	–	–	C-117*	C-117
118	–	–	–		–	C-118*	C-118
119	–	–	–		–	C-119*	C-119
120	–	–	–		–	^	(XC-120)
121	–	–	–		–	C-121*	C-121
122	–	–	–		–	^	C-122
123	–	–	–		–	C-123*	C-123
124	–	–	–		–	C-124*	C-124
125	–	–	–		–	^	(YC-125)
126	–	–	–		–	^	C-126
127	–	–	–		–	^	C-127
128	–	–	–		–	^	C-128
129	–	–	–		–	^	C-129
130	–	AC-130	–		–	-	C-130
131	–	–	–		–	C-131*	C-131
132	–	–	–		–	^	C-132
133	–	–	–		–	C-133	C-133
134	–	–	–		–	^	(YC-134)
135	–	–	–		–	C-135*	(C-135)
136	–	–	–		–	^	(YC-136)
137	–	–	–		–	C-137*	C-137
138	–	–	–		–	C-138*	C-138
139	–	–	–		–	–	C-139
140	–	–	–		–	C-140*	C-140
141	–	–	–		–	C-141^#	C-141^#
142	–	–	–		–	(XC-142)^#
143	–	–	–			-	C-143^#
144						–	– HC-144^#
145						–	C-145^#
146						–	C-146^#
147						–	C-147^#
#	X	A	F (new)	F/P 1924–62	F	C	C 1924–62 2005-	U	E	B	T	V	H	H 1948-present	Q	O	P	S	R	Z	L	G

Note: KC-767 was allocated out of sequence for Boeing 767 tanker derivative (not KC-46 Pegasus) and is not included in list due to hundreds of C-series design numbers being skipped.

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