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Unified System, 1962–present , List of military aircraft of the United States

Jack Ryan 2019-03-05 16:54:59

Airborne Laser

AL-1 – Boeing

Airship

Z-1 – Goodyear

Z-2 Sentinel – Westinghouse Airships

Z-3 – American Blimp

Z-4 - Hybrid Air Vehicles

Anti-Submarine Warfare

S-2 Tracker – Grumman Aircraft (Formerly S2F)
S-3 Viking – Lockheed Corporation (Also called Shadow)

Attack

A-1 Skyraider – Douglas (formerly designated AD)
A-2 Savage – North American (formerly designated AJ)
A-3 Skywarrior – Douglas (formerly designated A3D)
A-4 Skyhawk – Douglas (formerly designated A4D)
A-5 Vigilante – North American (formerly designated A3J)
A-6 Intruder – Grumman (formerly designated A2F)
A-7 Corsair II – Ling-Temco-Vought
A-9 – Northrop Losing contender for the AX competition
A-10 Thunderbolt II – Fairchild Republic Winning contender for the AX competition
A-12 Avenger II – McDonnell Douglas / General Dynamics cancelled
F/A-18C/D Hornet – McDonnell Douglas
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet – Boeing
A-26 Invader – Douglas (redesignated back to WW II-era designation, from B-26 in 1966)
A-29 Super Tucano – Embraer
A-37 Dragonfly – Cessna (originally designated AT-37)

Bomber

B-1 Lancer – Rockwell
B-2 Spirit – Northrop
B-21 Raider – Northrop
B-52 Stratofortress – Boeing

Cargo

C-1 Trader – Grumman (formerly designated TF)
C-2 Greyhound – Grumman
C-3 Martin 4-0-4 – Martin (formerly designated RM-1Z) Martin 4-0-4 airliners for use by the US Marine Corps and US Coast Guard
C-4 Academe – Gulfstream (Used for training A-6 Intruder Naval Flight Officers.)
C-5 Galaxy – Lockheed
C-6 Ute – Beechcraft (Beechcraft 90 King Air, re-designated U-21 Ute)
C-7 Caribou – de Havilland Canada
C-8 Buffalo – de Havilland Canada
C-9 Nightingale – McDonnell-Douglas
C-10 Jetstream – Handley Page USAF 68-10378/10388 (were to be offset purchase for RAF F-111K, both cancelled)
C-10 – McDonnell-Douglas Winner of the KC-X competition (after cancellation of C-10 Jetstream, C-10 designation re-used)
C-11 Gulfstream II – Gulfstream
C-12 – Beechcraft
C-14 – Boeing (AMST contender)
C-15 – McDonnell-Douglas (AMST contender)
C-17 Globemaster III – Boeing
C-18 Boeing 707–320 – Boeing
C-19 Boeing 747–100 – Boeing
C-20 Gulfstream III – Gulfstream (C-20A/B/C/D/E)
C-20 Gulfstream IV – Gulfstream (C-20F/G/H/J)
C-21 Learjet 35 – Learjet
C-22 Boeing 727 – Boeing (Air National Guard and National Guard Bureau personnel transports)
C-23 Sherpa – Shorts Military logistics transports for use in Europe and the US by the US Air Force and US Army
C-24 DC-8F-54 – Douglas A single DC-8-54F used for avionic trials as the EC-24A
C-25 Boeing 747-200 – Boeing (Presidential VIP transport)
C-26 – Fairchild
C-27 Spartan – Alenia
C-28 Titan – Cessna
C-29 BAe 125-800 – British Aerospace Airways and navaid checker
C-32 Boeing 757-200 – Boeing (VIP transport)
C-35 – Cessna
C-37 Gulfstream V – Gulfstream
C-38 Gulfstream G100 – Gulfstream (formerly IAI Astra SPX)
C-40 Boeing 737-700c – Boeing (replacement for the C-9A Nightingale in USAF and C-9B Skytrain II in USN)
C-41 C-212 series 200 Aviocar – Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA
C-45 – EADS (Losing KC-X contender)
C-46 – Boeing (Winning KC-X contender)
UC-880 – Convair (Out of sequence designation used for a single Convair 880 converted to a tanker to support trials from the NATC)

Drone

Q-1 Predator – General Atomics
Q-2 Pioneer – AAI Corporation/Israel Aircraft Industries
Q-3 Dark Star – Lockheed Martin / Boeing
Q-4 Global Hawk – Northrop Grumman
Q-5 Hunter – Israel Aircraft Industries
Q-6 Outrider – Alliant Techsystems
Q-7 Shadow – AAI Corporation
Q-8 Fire Scout – Northrop Grumman
Q-9 Reaper/Altair – General Atomics (Originally "Predator B")
Q-10 SnowGoose – MMIST
Q-11 Raven – AeroVironment
Q-12 - AeroVironment
Q-13 – Skipped
Q-14 Dragon Eye – AeroVironment
Q-15 Neptune – DRS Technologies
Q-16 T-Hawk – Honeywell
Q-17 SpyHawk – MTC Technologies
Q-18 Hummingbird Boeing
Q-19 Aerosonde – AAI Corporation
Q-20 Puma – AeroVironment
Q-21 Integrator – Boeing Insitu

Non-sequential designations

Q-170 Sentinel – Lockheed Martin

Electronic Warfare

E-1 Tracer – Grumman (Formerly WF)
E-2 Hawkeye – Grumman (Formerly W2F)
E-3 Sentry – Boeing
E-4 "Nightwatch" – Boeing (Advanced Airborne Command Post)
E-5 Eagle – Windecker
E-6 Mercury – Boeing (TACAMO)
E-7 – Designation proposed for EC-18B
E-8 Joint Stars – Northrop Grumman
E-9 Widget – de Havilland Canada
E-10 MC2A – Boeing/Northrop Grumman
E-11 – Bombardier/Northrop Grumman

Fighter

F-1 Fury – North American (Previously designated FJ-2, FJ-3 & FJ-4)
F-2 Banshee – McDonnell (Previously designated F2H)
F-3 Demon – McDonnell (previously designated F3H)
F-4 Phantom II – McDonnell Douglas (previously designated F4H and F-110)
F-5 Freedom Fighter – Northrop
F-6 Skyray – Douglas (Previously designated F4D)
F-7 Sea Dart – Convair (Previously designated F2Y) (Prototype)
F-8 Crusader – Vought (Previously designated F8U)
F-9 Cougar – Grumman (previously designated F9F-6)
F-10 Skyknight – Douglas (previously designated F3D)
F-11 Tiger – Grumman (previously designated F11F)
F-12 – Lockheed (Two-seat Fighter version of the A-12 reconnaissance aircraft)
F-13 – Skipped
F-14 Tomcat – Grumman
F-15 A/B/C/D Eagle / F-15E Strike Eagle – McDonnell Douglas
F-16 Fighting Falcon General Dynamics / Lockheed Martin
F-17 Cobra -- Northrop (YF-17 "Cobra" Prototype)
F-18A/B/C/D Hornet / F/A-18E/F Super Hornet – McDonnell Douglas
F-19 – Officially skipped
F-20 Tigershark – Northrop (Prototype)
F-21 Kfir C-2 – Israel Aircraft Industries (for US Navy dissimilar combat training and aggressor training)
F-22 Raptor – Lockheed Martin
F-23 Black Widow II – Northrop / McDonnell Douglas (YF-23 Prototype)
F-35 Lightning II – Lockheed Martin
YF-110 MiG-21s – Mikoyan-Gurevich
YF-112 Su-22 – Sukhoi
YF-113 MiG-23s – Mikoyan-Gurevich
YF-114 MiG-17 – Mikoyan-Gurevich
YF-115 – Rumored designation of captured Su-7
YF-116 – Rumored designation of captured MiG-25
F-117 Nighthawk – Lockheed
F-117D Tacit Blue – Northrop
YF-118 – Rumored designation of MiG-29

Note: Designations YF-110, YF-112 through YF-116, and YF-118 were captured foreign aircraft used for evaluation and aggressor training. They were given designations in sequence—based on chronology—with "black" project aircraft, continuing the pre-1962F series.

Other Designations

YF-24 – (fictional?) Classified project
YF-113G – possible USAF "black project"
YF-121 – Rumored "black project"

Glider

Helicopter

Unlike most other categories of aircraft, the introduction of the tri-service designation system in 1962 did not result in a wholesale redesignation of helicopters. While six types received new designations in the unified, "re-started" sequence, the original "H-" series of designations that started in 1948 was also continued, and no further types of rotorcraft have been designated in the "post-1962" system.

H-1 Iroquois / "Huey" – Bell Helicopter (Formerly H-40 / HU-1)
H-1 Cobra / SeaCobra / SuperCobra / Viper – Bell Helicopter
H-2 Seasprite – Kaman Aircraft (Formerly HU2K)
H-3 Sea King / "Jolly Green Giant" – Sikorsky Aircraft (Formerly HSS-2)
H-4 – Bell Helicopter (Formerly HO-4)
H-5 – Fairchild Hiller (Formerly HO-5)
H-6 Cayuse / Little Bird – Hughes Helicopters / McDonnell Douglas / Boeing Helicopters (Formerly HO-6)

Observation

O-1 Bird Dog Cessna Aircraft 14 December 1949 Formerly L-19
O-2 Skymaster Cessna Aircraft January 1967
O-3 "Quiet Star" Lockheed Missiles & Space 1969
O-4 Wren Aircraft 1963 (Wren 460) Not proceeded with.
O-5 ARL de Havilland Canada 27 March 1975 (DHC-7) Formerly RC-7
O-6 ARL Bombardier
OV-10 Bronco North American Aviation 16 July 1965

Patrol

P-1 – Skipped
P-2 Neptune – Lockheed Corporation (Formerly P2V)
P-3 Orion / ARIES Lockheed Corporation (Formerly P3V; See also WP-3D Orion and EP-3 Aries)
P-4 Privateer – Consolidated Aircraft (Formerly PB4Y-2K / P4Y-2K)
P-5 Marlin – Glenn L. Martin Company (Formerly P5M)
P-6 – Skipped
P-7 – Lockheed Corporation
P-8 Poseidon – Boeing
P-9 - Bombardier

Reconnaissance

TR-1 Dragon Lady – Lockheed Corporation

Spaceplane

The only designation in the "Spaceplane" series, the MS-1A shares a designation letter with the anti-submarine warfare category, and is perhaps unique among MDS identifiers as being assigned to a future, and currently not wholly defined, concept, as opposed to a specific project.

Tanker

No specialised types have been acquired to receive a stand-alone 'K for Tanker' designation; for aircraft modified for use as tankers, see the parent aircraft in the proper sequence.

Trainer, 1962, 1990–present

Despite the adoption of the unified Mission Designation System in 1962, only two aircraft were designated in the new series, both former Navy types. The old series continued in use until 1990, at which point a new series was started over at T-1, with the previous T-2 still being in use. However, the old series has still seen new designations being assigned. The next designation available in the 'T' series is T-52 or T-7, depending on which series is continued.

1962 Sequence

T-1 SeaStar – Lockheed Corporation (Formerly T2V)
T-2 Buckeye – North American Aviation (Formerly T2J)

1990 Sequence

T-1 Jayhawk – Raytheon / Hawker Beechcraft
T-2 – Skipped (T-2 Buckeye was still in service)
T-3 Firefly – Slingsby Aviation
T-4 – Skipped
T-5 – Skipped
T-6 Texan II – Hawker Beechcraft

Utility, 1955–present

U-1 Otter – de Havilland Canada
U-2 Dragon Lady – Lockheed Corporation
U-3 Blue Canoe – Cessna
U-4 Aero Commander – Aero Design
U-5 Twin Courier – Helio
U-6 Beaver – de Havilland Canada
U-7 Super Cub Piper
U-8 Seminole – Beechcraft
U-9 Aero Commander – Aero Design
U-10 Super Courier – Helio
U-11 Aztec – Piper
U-12 Skipped
U-13 Skipped
U-14 Skipped
U-15 Skipped
U-16 Albatross – Grumman
U-17 Skywagon – Cessna
U-18 Navion – North American/Ryan
U-19 Sentinel – Stinson
U-20 – Cessna
U-21 Ute – Beechcraft
U-22 – Beechcraft
U-23 Peacemaker – Fairchild Hiller/Pilatus
U-24 Courier – Helio
U-25 Guardian – Dassault-Breguet
U-26 Super Skywagon – Cessna
U-27 Caravan – Cessna
U-28 – Pilatus
U-38 Twin Condor – Schweizer

Vertical and Short Take-off and Landing Aircraft

V-3 – Bell Helicopter (Formerly H-33, V-3 in Convertiplane series)
V-4 Hummingbird – Lockheed Corporation (Formerly VZ-10)
V-5 Vertifan – Ryan Aeronautical (Formerly VZ-11)
V-6 Kestrel – Hawker Siddeley
V-7 Buffalo – de Havilland Canada (Formerly AC-2, redesignated as C-8)
V-8 "Fleep" – Ryan Aeronautical (Designation later reused)
V-8 Harrier – Hawker Siddeley
- AV-8B Harrier II – McDonnell Douglas / British Aerospace
V-9 – Hughes Helicopters
V-10 Bronco – Rockwell International / Boeing
V-11 Marvel – Parsons Corporation
V-12 – Parsons Corporation (Cancelled, designation reused)
V-12 – Rockwell International
V-13 – Skipped
V-14 – Skipped to avoid confusion with X-14.
V-15 – Bell Helicopter
V-16 Advanced Harrier – McDonnell Douglas / British Aerospace (Not built; developed into AV-8B)
V-17 – Assigned to a U.S. Army project but not used.
V-18 Twin Otter – de Havilland Canada
V-19 – Assigned to a U.S. Navy project but cancelled.
V-20 Chiricahua – Pilatus Aircraft
V-21 PACES – Airship Industries (Unconfirmed designation.)
V-22 Osprey – Bell Helicopter / Boeing Helicopters
V-23 Scout – Dominion Aircraft (Skytrader)

Experimental, 1948–present

Main article: List of X-planes

In addition to aircraft intended to support military operations, the unified system includes experimental craft designed to push the boundaries of aeronautical and aerospace knowledge. These aircraft are designated in the "X-series", which led them to become known as "X-planes". Only those with military sponsors are listed here.

X-1 – Bell Aircraft, USAF, NACA
X-2 "Starbuster" – Bell Aircraft, USAF
X-3 Stiletto – Douglas Aircraft, USAF, NACA
X-4 Bantam – Northrop, USAF, NACA
X-5 – Bell Aircraft, USAF, NACA
X-6 – Convair, USAF, AEC
X-7 "Flying Stove Pipe" – Lockheed, Tri-service
X-8 Aerobee – Aerojet, NACA, USAF, USN
X-9 Shrike – Bell Aircraft, USAF
X-10 – North American Aviation, USAF
X-11 – Convair, USAF
X-12 – Convair, USAF
X-13 Vertijet – Ryan Aeronautical, USAF, USN
X-14 – Bell Aircraft, USAF, NASA
X-15 – North American Aviation, USAF, NASA
X-16 – Bell Aircraft, USAF
X-17 – Lockheed
X-18 – Hiller Aircraft
X-19 – Curtiss-Wright, Tri-service
X-20 Dyna-Soar – Boeing, USAF
X-21 – Northrop, USAF
X-22 – Bell Aircraft, Tri-service
X-23 PRIME – Martin Marietta, USAF (Note: Designation never officially assigned.)
X-24 – Martin Marietta, USAF, NASA
X-25 – Bensen, USAF
X-26 Frigate – Schweizer, DARPA, US Army, USN
X-27 – Lockheed
X-28 Sea Skimmer – Osprey Aircraft, USN
X-29 – Grumman, DARPA, USAF, NASA
X-30 NASP – Rockwell, NASA, DARPA, USAF
X-31 – Rockwell-MBB
X-32 – Boeing, USAF, USN, RAF
X-35 – Lockheed Martin, USAF, USN, RAF
X-36 - McDonnell Douglas, NASA
X-37 – Boeing, USAF, NASA
X-39 – Unknown, USAF (Note: Designation never officially assigned.)
X-40 – Boeing, USAF, NASA
X-41 – Unknown, USAF
X-42 – Unknown, USAF
X-44 MANTA – Lockheed Martin, USAF, NASA
X-45 – Boeing, DARPA, USAF
X-46 – Boeing, DARPA, USN
X-47A/X-47B – Northrop Grumman, DARPA, USN
X-48 – Boeing, NASA
X-49 Speedhawk – Piasecki Aircraft, US Army
X-50 Dragonfly – Boeing, DARPA
X-51 Waverider – Boeing, USAF
X-53 – Boeing Phantom Works, NASA, USAF
X-55 – Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, USAF
X-56 – Lockheed Martin, USAF, NASA

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