page_title: U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps aircraft tail codes
section_title: List of navy and marine aircraft tail codes
hierarchical_section_title: U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps aircraft tail codes / List of navy and marine aircraft tail codes
caption_attribution_description: Photo taken by w:User:Looper5920 in Iraq in 2004. It shows an HMM-263 Phrog at Camp Fallujah Helo pad
context_page_description: Tail codes on the U.S. Navy aircraft are the markings that help to identify the aircraft's unit and/or base assignment. These codes comprise one or two letters or digits painted on both sides of the vertical stabilizer, on the top right and on the bottom left wings near the tip. Although located both on the vertical stabilizer and the wings from their inception in July 1945, these identification markings are commonly referred as tail codes. It is important to note that tail codes are meant to identify units and assignments, not individual aircraft. For all aircraft of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps unique identification is provided by bureau numbers.
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caption: "EG" on this Sea Knight helicopter indicates assignment to HMM-263.
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