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Tail Codes are markings usually on the vertical stabilizer of U.S. military aircraft that help to identify the aircraft's unit and/or base assignment and other information. A tail code is not the same as the Air Force Serial Number, Navy Bureau Number, aircraft registration number, or Buzz Number.
This form allows you to search for a USAF aircraft by its serial number or description. You may use the tail portion of the serial number, if that is all that you know. Capitalization matters in the description field, as does the placement of the dash.
For example, Curtiss P-40B serial number 41-5205 had the tail number 15205 painted on its tail fin, Curtiss P-40K serial number 42-11125 had the tail number 211125 painted on the fin, and P-51B 42-106559 had 2106559 painted on the tail.
McDonnell Douglas F-15D Eagle. Boeing E-3B Sentry. Boeing E-3C Sentry. Sikorsky HH-3E Jolly Green Giant. Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk. Boeing KC-135R Tanker. For additions, corrections and updates, please contact. Jirka Wagner. U.S. Air Force Tail Codes.
20 sie 2023 · The tail code of this C-39, a DC-2 with a DC-3 tailfin and wing centre section, signifies that this was aircraft 20 of the 62nd Transport Group, but this is not enough to identify it: we cannot know this aircraft's serial number or construction number.
Tail codes are markings usually on the vertical stabilizer of U.S. military aircraft that help identify the aircraft's unit and/or base assignment. This is not the same as the serial number, bureau number, or aircraft registration which provide unique aircraft identification.
In the United States, all military aircraft display a serial number to identify individual aircraft. These numbers are located on the aircraft tail, so they are sometimes referred to unofficially as "tail numbers". On the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit bomber, lacking a tail, the number appears on the nose gear door.
