Engineering:Aircraft marking

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Aircraft markings are symbols and annotations painted on aircraft, primarily for identification. Types of aircraft markings include:

  • Aircraft registration, unique alphanumeric string that identifies every aircraft
  • Invasion stripes, alternating black and white bands painted on the fuselages and wings of World War II Allied aircraft, for the purpose of increased recognition by friendly forces
  • Military aircraft insignia, applied to military aircraft to identify the nation or branch of military service
    • Hungarian Air Force , a set of aligned triangles which points toward the front of the aircraft
    • Romanian Air Force#Aircraft markings, roundels on military vehicles and aircraft that use the colours of the Romanian flag
    • Royal Canadian Air Force , roundels used from 1920–1945
    • Royal Air Force roundels, a circular identification mark used since 1915, United Kingdom
    • Serbian Air Force and Air Defence , an adapted version of the former Royal Yugoslav Air Force roundel that was officially adopted in 2006
    • South African Air Force , roundels adopted in 2002 that are distinct from the Army
    • United Kingdom military aircraft serials, the serial numbers used to identify individual military aircraft
    • United States:
      • United States military aircraft national insignia, a listing of the nationality markings used by military aircraft of the United States
      • United States military aircraft serials, the serial numbers used to identify individual military aircraft
      • USAAF unit identification aircraft markings, an identification code to identify the unit to which U.S. aircraft are assigned
  • Nose art, decorative painting or design on the fuselage of an aircraft
  • Tail code, markings, usually on the vertical stabilizer of U.S. military aircraft, that help to identify the unit and base assignment
  • List of air forces provides the markings used by each military organization, with historical examples.

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