johnrey Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Is it me or does NATO always names the "Red" planes starting with F?Like Fishbed,Flanker,Fulcrum,Farmer and Fresco?Im just curious.
Bravo2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 NATO code names are: F for Fighters (MiG-29 Fulcrum) B for Bombers (Tu-95 Bear) C for Cargo (An-72 Coaler) H for Helo's (ex Mi-17 Hip) etc.
+JediMaster Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Don't forget: M for "miscellaneous" aircraft A for AAMs G for SAMs K for ASMs S for surface-surface missiles
macelena Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nato_reporting_name
mono27 Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 NATO codenames describes the specification of Russian planes, for example: The fighters have names with "F": Flogger, Fulcrum, Fishbed, Forger, Flanker... The bomber names starts with "B": Bear, Badger, Bison, Beagle, Blinder... The cargo planes starts with "C": Condor, Cub, Coke... Helicopteres with "H": Hind, Havoc, Hokum, Helix, Hormone, Hip... "M" could be for miscellaneous: like Il-76 Mainstay... That's what I think...
Spinners Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Nice link - I hadn't realised the difference between the one and two syllable names (propellers and jets).
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