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: Two U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-3A Sea King helicopters (BuNo 151552, 152107) from helicopter anti-submarine squadron HS-5 Night Dippers in 1967. HS-5 was assigned to Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 54 (CVSG-54) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CVS-9), visible in the distance. Essex operated in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea from January to August 1967 and visited Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Italy, Malta, and Spain. The photo was probably taken off the Netherlands, as the cruiser visible is Hr.Ms. De Zeven Provinciën (C802).
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: SH-3A Sea King helicopters carry the "AT" code of CVGS-54.
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