# Italian Armed Forces aircraft designation system

The Italian Armed Forces aircraft designation system is a unified designation system introduced by the Italian Armed Forces in 2009 for all Italian military aircraft. The system is based on the United States Armed Forces 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system.

## Designation system

The designation system produces a Mission-Design-Series (MDS) designation of the form:
    (Status Prefix)(Modified Mission)(Basic Mission)(Vehicle Type)-(Design Number)(Series Letter)
Of these components, only the Basic Mission, Design Number and Series Letter are mandatory. In the case of special vehicles a Vehicle Type symbol must also be included.

## List of assigned aircraft designations
### A - Attack
#### AV-8 - McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II

* AV-8B
* TAV-8B

#### A-11 - AMX International AMX

* A-11A - AMX
* TA-11A - AMX-T
* A-11B - AMX ACOL
* TA-11B - AMX-T ACOL

#### A-200 - Panavia Tornado

* A-200A - Tornado IDS
* TA-200A - Tornado IDS (trainer)
* EA-200B - Tornado ECR
* A-200C - Tornado post-MLU
* TA-200C - Tornado post-MLU (trainer)

### C - Transport
#### C-27 - Alenia C-27J Spartan

* C-27J
* YEC-27J JEDI

#### C-42 - ATR 42

* C-42C - ATR 42-500

#### C-50 - Dassault Falcon 50

* VC-50A

#### C-130 - Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules

* C-130J
* C-130J-30

#### C-180 - Piaggio P.180 Avanti

* VC-180A - P180 Avanti
* VC-180B - P180 Avanti II

#### C-222 - Aeritalia G.222

* C-222A - G.222TCM1
* C-222B - G.222TCM2
* RC-222 - G.222RM
* EC-222 - G.222VS

#### C-228 - Dornier 228

* UC-228 - Dornier 228

#### C-319 - Airbus A319

* VC-319A - A319CJ

#### C-900 - Dassault Falcon 900

* VC-900A - Falcon 900EX
* VC-900B - Falcon 900EASY

### E - Electronics
#### E-550 - Gulfstream G550 CAEW

* E-550A

### F - Fighter
#### F-16 - Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon

* F-16A
* F-16B

#### F-35 - Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

* F-35A - CTOL
* F-35B - STOVL

#### F-2000 - Eurofighter Typhoon

* F-2000A - Typhoon
* TF-2000A - Typhoon (trainer)

### G - Glider
#### G-2 - Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2

* G-2B - Ventus 2B

#### G-4 - Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4

* G-4D - Nimbus-4D
* G-4DM - Nimbus-4DM

#### G-17 - LAK-17

* UG-17A - LAK-17

#### G-21 - Caproni Vizzola Calif

* G-21S - A-21S Calif

#### G-103 - Grob G103 Twin Astir

* G-103 - G 103 Twin Astir

### H - Helicopter
#### H-3 - Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King

* VH-3D - SH-3D
* SH-3D - SH-3D ASW
* UH-3D - SH-3D ASH
* HH-3F - HH-3F Pelican

#### H-47 - Boeing CH-47 Chinook

* CH-47C - CH-47C
* CH-47F - CH-47F Chinook

#### H-90 - NHIndustries NH90

* UH-90A - NH 90 TTF
* SH-90A - NH 90 NFH

#### H-101 - AgustaWestland AW101

* SH-101A - AW101 Maritime Patrol
* EH-101A - AW101 AEW
* UH-101A - AW101 Anti-Submarine Helicopter
* HH-101A - AW101 CSAR

#### H-109 - Agusta A109

* CH-109A - A109A
* CH-109B - A109A II
* CH-109D - A109C
* CH-109E - A109F
* MRH-109A - A109T
* MCH-109A - A109N

#### H-129 - Agusta A129 Mangusta

* AH-129A - A129
* AH-129C - A129C
* AH-129D - A129D

#### H-139 - AgustaWestland AW139

* HH-139A - AW139 Air Force SAR
* PH-139A - AW139 Coast Guard SAR
* UH-139A
* VH-139A - AW139 Air Force VIP
* HH-139B - AW139 Air Force SAR
* PH-139B - AW139 Coast Guard SAR
* UH-139B
* UH-139C

#### H-169 - AgustaWestland AW169

* UH-169A - AW169M

#### H-205 - Agusta-Bell AB 205

* UH-205A - AB 205

#### H-206 - Agusta-Bell AB 206

* RH-206A - AB 206A1
* RH-206B - AB 206B1
* RH-206C - AB 206C1

#### H-212 - Agusta-Bell AB 212

* UH-212 - AB 212
* HH-212A - AB 212 (AMI-SAR)
* UH-212A - AB 212 (AWTI)
* UH-212B - AB 212ASH
* SH-212B - AB 212ASW

#### H-249 - Leonardo Helicopters AW249

* AH-249A - AW249

#### H-412 - Agusta-Bell AB 412

* HH-412A - AB 412
* HH-412B - AB 412EP
* HH-412C - AB 412HP
* HH-412D - AB 412SP

#### H-500 - Breda Nardi NH-500E

* TH-500B - NH-500E
* OH-500A - NH-500 MC
* OH-500B - NH 500 MD

### KC - Tanker
#### KC-707 - Boeing 707T/T

* KC-707A - 707T/T Tanker/Transport

#### KC-767

* KC-767A - Boeing KC-767
* KC-767B - Boeing KC-46 Pegasus

### P - Patrol
#### P-42 - ATR 42

* P-42A - ATR42MP-400
* P-42B - ATR42MP-500

#### P-72 - ATR 72

* P-72A - ATR72

#### P-1150 - Breguet Atlantic

* P-1150A - Br.1150 Atlantic

### Q - UAV
#### Q-1 - General Atomics MQ-1 Predator

* RQ-1B - Predator A
* MQ-1C - Predator A+

#### Q-7 - AAI RQ-7 Shadow

* RQ-7C - Shadow 200

#### Q-9 - General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper

* MQ-9A - Predator B

#### Q-10 - APR Strix C

* RQ-10C - Strix C
* RQ-10D - Strix D

#### Q-11 - AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven

* RQ-11B - Raven B
* RQ-11C - Raven DDL

#### Q-12 - APR Sixton

* RQ-12A

#### Q-24 - APR Asio-B

* RQ-24A

#### Q-25 - APR Spyball-B

* RQ-25A

#### Q-26 - APR Crex-B

* RQ-26A

#### Q-27 - Boeing Insitu ScanEagle

* RQ-27A - ScanEagle

#### Q-28 - IA-3 Colibrì quadcopter

* RQ-28A - IA-3 Colibrì

### T - Trainer
#### T-260 - SIAI-Marchetti SF.260

* T-260A - SF.260AM
* T-260B - SF.260EA

#### T-339 - Aermacchi MB-339

* T-339A - MB-339A
* FT-339B - MB-339CD1
* FT-339C - MB-339CD2
* AT-339A - MB-339PAN

#### T-345 - Aermacchi M-345

* T-345A - M-345 HET

#### T-346 - Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master

* T-346A - M-346 Master

#### T-2006 - Tecnam P2006T

* T-2006A- T2006A

### U - Utility
#### U-166 - Piaggio P.166

* U-166A - P.166M
* U-166B - P.166DL3
* U-166C - P.166DP1

#### U-208 - SIAI-Marchetti S.208

* U-208A - S.208