The Italian Armed Forces aircraft designation system is a unified designation system introduced by the Italian Armed Forces in 2009 for all Italian military aircraft. The system is based on the United States Armed Forces 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system.
Designation system The designation system produces a Mission-Design-Series (MDS) designation of the form: (Status Prefix)(Modified Mission)(Basic Mission)(Vehicle Type)-(Design Number)(Series Letter) Of these components, only the Basic Mission, Design Number and Series Letter are mandatory. In the case of special vehicles a Vehicle Type symbol must also be included.
List of assigned aircraft designations A - Attack AV-8 - McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II AV-8B TAV-8B A-11 - AMX International AMX A-11A - AMX TA-11A - AMX-T A-11B - AMX ACOL TA-11B - AMX-T ACOL A-200 - Panavia Tornado A-200A - Tornado IDS TA-200A - Tornado IDS (trainer) EA-200B - Tornado ECR A-200C - Tornado post-MLU TA-200C - Tornado post-MLU (trainer)
C - Transport C-27 - Alenia C-27J Spartan C-27J YEC-27J JEDI C-42 - ATR 42 C-42C - ATR 42-500 C-50 - Dassault Falcon 50 VC-50A C-130 - Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules C-130J C-130J-30 C-180 - Piaggio P.180 Avanti VC-180A - P180 Avanti VC-180B - P180 Avanti II C-222 - Aeritalia G.222 C-222A - G.222TCM1 C-222B - G.222TCM2 RC-222 - G.222RM EC-222 - G.222VS C-228 - Dornier 228 UC-228 - Dornier 228 C-319 - Airbus A319 VC-319A - A319CJ C-900 - Dassault Falcon 900 VC-900A - Falcon 900EX VC-900B - Falcon 900EASY
E - Electronics E-550 - Gulfstream G550 CAEW E-550A
F - Fighter F-16 - Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon F-16A F-16B F-35 - Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II F-35A - CTOL F-35B - STOVL F-2000 - Eurofighter Typhoon F-2000A - Typhoon TF-2000A - Typhoon (trainer)
G - Glider G-2 - Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2 G-2B - Ventus 2B G-4 - Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4 G-4D - Nimbus-4D G-4DM - Nimbus-4DM G-17 - LAK-17 UG-17A - LAK-17 G-21 - Caproni Vizzola Calif G-21S - A-21S Calif G-103 - Grob G103 Twin Astir G-103 - G 103 Twin Astir
H - Helicopter H-3 - Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King VH-3D - SH-3D SH-3D - SH-3D ASW UH-3D - SH-3D ASH HH-3F - HH-3F Pelican H-47 - Boeing CH-47 Chinook CH-47C - CH-47C CH-47F - CH-47F Chinook H-90 - NHIndustries NH90 UH-90A - NH 90 TTF SH-90A - NH 90 NFH H-101 - AgustaWestland AW101 SH-101A - AW101 Maritime Patrol EH-101A - AW101 AEW UH-101A - AW101 Anti-Submarine Helicopter HH-101A - AW101 CSAR H-109 - Agusta A109 CH-109A - A109A CH-109B - A109A II CH-109D - A109C CH-109E - A109F MRH-109A - A109T MCH-109A - A109N H-129 - Agusta A129 Mangusta AH-129A - A129 AH-129C - A129C AH-129D - A129D H-139 - AgustaWestland AW139 HH-139A - AW139 Air Force SAR PH-139A - AW139 Coast Guard SAR UH-139A VH-139A - AW139 Air Force VIP HH-139B - AW139 Air Force SAR PH-139B - AW139 Coast Guard SAR UH-139B UH-139C H-169 - AgustaWestland AW169 UH-169A - AW169M H-205 - Agusta-Bell AB 205 UH-205A - AB 205 H-206 - Agusta-Bell AB 206 RH-206A - AB 206A1 RH-206B - AB 206B1 RH-206C - AB 206C1 H-212 - Agusta-Bell AB 212 UH-212 - AB 212 HH-212A - AB 212 (AMI-SAR) UH-212A - AB 212 (AWTI) UH-212B - AB 212ASH SH-212B - AB 212ASW H-249 - Leonardo Helicopters AW249 AH-249A - AW249 H-412 - Agusta-Bell AB 412 HH-412A - AB 412 HH-412B - AB 412EP HH-412C - AB 412HP HH-412D - AB 412SP H-500 - Breda Nardi NH-500E TH-500B - NH-500E OH-500A - NH-500 MC OH-500B - NH 500 MD
KC - Tanker KC-707 - Boeing 707T/T KC-707A - 707T/T Tanker/Transport KC-767 KC-767A - Boeing KC-767 KC-767B - Boeing KC-46 Pegasus
P - Patrol P-42 - ATR 42 P-42A - ATR42MP-400 P-42B - ATR42MP-500 P-72 - ATR 72 P-72A - ATR72 P-1150 - Breguet Atlantic P-1150A - Br.1150 Atlantic
Q - UAV Q-1 - General Atomics MQ-1 Predator RQ-1B - Predator A MQ-1C - Predator A+ Q-7 - AAI RQ-7 Shadow RQ-7C - Shadow 200 Q-9 - General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper MQ-9A - Predator B Q-10 - APR Strix C RQ-10C - Strix C RQ-10D - Strix D Q-11 - AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven RQ-11B - Raven B RQ-11C - Raven DDL Q-12 - APR Sixton RQ-12A Q-24 - APR Asio-B RQ-24A Q-25 - APR Spyball-B RQ-25A Q-26 - APR Crex-B RQ-26A Q-27 - Boeing Insitu ScanEagle RQ-27A - ScanEagle Q-28 - IA-3 Colibrì quadcopterIDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi IA-3 Colibrì RQ-28A - IA-3 Colibrì
T - Trainer T-260 - SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 T-260A - SF.260AM T-260B - SF.260EA T-339 - Aermacchi MB-339 T-339A - MB-339A FT-339B - MB-339CD1 FT-339C - MB-339CD2 AT-339A - MB-339PAN T-345 - Aermacchi M-345 T-345A - M-345 HET T-346 - Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master T-346A - M-346 Master T-2006 - Tecnam P2006T T-2006A- T2006A
U - Utility U-166 - Piaggio P.166 U-166A - P.166M U-166B - P.166DL3 U-166C - P.166DP1 U-208 - SIAI-Marchetti S.208 U-208A - S.208
See also United States Department of Defense aerospace vehicle designation United States military aircraft designation systems British military aircraft designation systems RLM aircraft designation system Soviet Union military aircraft designation systems Japanese military aircraft designation systems
References
External links Italian Ministry of Defence Categories page