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This is a list of NATO reporting name/ASCC names for bombers, with Soviet Union and Chinese designations. Bombers had names starting with the letter "B"; single-syllable words denoted propeller driven aircraft (piston and turboprop engines), while two syllable words were used for jets. Three syllable words are for propfans.
"Candy Bomber" – Gail S. Halvorsen, U.S. Air Force officer "Cat's Eyes" – John Cunningham, Second World War British night fighter ace (a nickname he didn't like) "Cenaze"(Turkish, Corpse – Hasan Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottomans, Veteran Commander of Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) [5]
This is a glossary of acronyms and initials used for miscellaneous items, materials and nicknames in the Russian Federation and formerly the USSR. The Latin-alphabet names are phonetic representations of the Cyrillic originals, and variations are inevitable.
This is a Glossary of acronyms used for aircraft designations in the Russian Federation and formerly the USSR. The Latin-alphabet names are phonetic representations of the Cyrillic originals, and variations are inevitable.
"Bomber" – Arthur T. Harris, British commander of RAF Bomber Command during World War II [4] "Bomber George" – Harold L. George, USAAC precision bombing specialist (to distinguish him from "Fighter" George) "Boom" – Hugh Trenchard, British World War I Royal Flying Corps general and founder of the Royal Air Force (for his loud voice) [5] "Boy"
When the system began the names were assigned by the Air Standardization Coordinating Committee (ASCC), made up of the English-speaking allies of the Second World War, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and two non-NATO countries, Australia and New Zealand. The ASCC names were adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense and then NATO.
The United States Department of Defense (DOD) expands on the NATO reporting names in some cases. NATO refers to surface-to-air missile systems mounted on ships or submarines with the same names as the corresponding land-based systems, but the US DOD assigns a different series of numbers with a different prefix (i.e., SA-N- versus SA-) for these systems.
This page will slowly attempt to list all the regiments in Russian Air Force service since May 7, 1992, the date on which Boris Yeltsin decreed the establishment of the Russian Ministry of Defence. Primary initial source for this listing is Piotr Butowski, 'Force Report: Russian Air Force,' Air Forces Monthly, July and August 2007. Other ...