美国飞机命名的规则（Rules for naming aircraft in the United States）.docVIP

美国飞机命名的规则（Rules for naming aircraft in the United States） I. air force The nomenclature of the US Air Force (formerly called the Army Air Force) has undergone roughly 4 revolutions over the past few decades. In the early period of aviation, the military aircraft are almost all purchased from abroad. So the aircraft models are directly use the original foreign name, such as a large number of the use and imitation of a war in the British DH 4.DH - 9 bombers; France Niubao 17 and Sheppard 13. As for a small number of domestic aircraft, they are arbitrarily named or numbered by their own manufacturing companies, and there is no uniform type naming method. This went on for 1919 years (one year after the first World War). After 1919, most aircraft companies continued to use their respective numbers, but the air force began to name the military aircraft from the first set of methods from September 1919 to 1924. This nomenclature was the revised version of the French nomenclature at that time. It uses 15 capitals and English letters to represent 15 different aircraft uses, followed by a design serial number. Soon, there were 4 more use codes, but the latter was expressed in a single English letter. Since May 1924, second types of nomenclature have been adopted. As in 1947 after the Army Air Force Air Force in 1948 and became independent, made some small changes, by the use of code and design number, with 1 ~ 2 uppercase letters English use code has the following 17 types: A: attack aircraft and single light bombers; B: DB: daytime bomber bomber; F;: photographic reconnaissance machine; F: FM: multi seat fighter; fighter; GA: ground attack aircraft; heavy bombers; HB: LB: NBL: remote light bomber, night bomber; NBS; short-range night bomber; planes; P: PA: air-cooled engine PB: Two Seater planes; planes; PG ground attack planes:: PN: PW: Night planes; water-cooled engine planes. When an aircraft is still in the indeterminate flight test phase, a letter X must be added before