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: A U.S. Navy North American AJ-2 Savage (BuNo 134043) of Heavy Attack Squadron VAH-7 Det.45 Peacemakers of the Fleet refueling North American FJ-3M Fury fighters (BuNo 139232, 139231) from Fighter Squadron VF-62 Boomerangs. VF-62 and VAH-7 were assigned to Air Task Group 201 (ATG-201) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CVA-9) for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific from 2 February to 17 November 1958.
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: Aircraft of Air Task Group 201 in flight in 1958.
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