What’s up with those weird letters they put in front of military aircraft names, anyway? Why is there seemingly one for every letter in the alphabet? Check out today’s epic new video to break the military code!
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So what about pages like the SR-71? Does it predate the classification system and would they put shouldn't they have changed it if it does predate the current classification index?
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Nice video
I’m pretty sure drones are designated Q
The F 35 said to be used for long range bombing while the F described as code for Fighter Jet do F 35s really fighter jet at all or… Otherwise very marvelous knowledge 😉
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Not What You Think also did an episode about this. Go check it out..😉👍👍
A little bit of food for thought for infographics. Would you do a video that goes a little more into depth of what you covered at the beginning of this video? Covering the basics of the basic mission letter is awesome and yall nailed it. I would like to see you cover the other letters and the numbers to show how the other letters combined with the basic letters fine tunes the aircraft designation military wise like the AH-64E.
For folks saying that the F-117 Nighthawk isn't equipped for anything but ground attack despite the 'F' designation and being known as a stealth fighter, it was an intentional mislabel during development to hide what it actually is designed for. By profile, it should be A-117.
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The C designation might be reserved for cargo and often only carry a small number of passengers, however, the famous C-130 Hercules are quite known for carrying platoons of army personnel, and have also been used to transport refugees or evacuate diplomatic staff in a pinch.
The "SR" in SR-71 stood for "Strategic Reconnaissance" and has been the only plane with the "SR" Designation. It was originally supposed to be "RS" but the press notes sent out when unveiling the aircraft to the public listed it as "SR" instead so it was then changed to reflect this.
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I don't get the logic of the K designation. Why is it a tanker? Why was it not T?
its like ur saying the alphaet for little kids
I always thought
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In Sweden, J is for interceptors. A is for attack, and S is for observation. J stands for jakt, which means if a plane has the J first, it's role is mainly to be an interceptor. Jakt in Swedish means hunt, and in the Swedish air force, it's for interceptor. The Saab Jas 39 Gripen, or Griffin, is an interceptor, and is really a multirole, but mainly it's an interceptor, then attack, and lastly, spaning, which mean observation in Swedish. That means only A stands for the same thing throughout the world.
Z was for zeppelin
Two good notes not mentioned here are that letters are sometimes combined. Example being helicopters. Its not just 'H', you'll have AH, MH, UH. AH is Attack like the AH-6 Little Bird or the AH-64 Apache. Then to something like the MH-6 Little Bird, MH-60s Seahawk, or UH-60 Blackhawk with many given task like Search & Rescue, transporting people or cargo, underwater surface warfare, or running nine line to get wounded out. Lastly drones often run MQ or RQ and not D. Examples being RQ-4 Global Hawk, MQ-4C Triton, MQ-8B, Fire Scout, MQ-9 Reaper, or RQ-11 Raven.
During World War III, there was "P", for Purssuit," the Navy used "F" for fighter. The Army Air Forces used P. The desiggnation "K" came about in 1858 when the Air Force introduced the KC-135.
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Helicopters cant be big guns? You should read up on AH such as the Apache. And its thrue for cargo planes as wel that can become Gunships. J.
You forgot to include the history of some of the letters. Like “P” was for pursuit as in P-51D Mustang
The C cargo designation is going to become FAR more headache inducing with the advent of cargo planes deploying long range missiles in action.
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Wouldn't it make more sense that the F35B then be called FV35? Or even AFV35 due to its use as a ground Striker by the marines?
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