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Meaning of US Military aircraft markings What are the numbers and letters on the tail fins?
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The Number represents the manufacture information. The first number(usually 2-digit) was the year it was manufactured and the serial number is the sequence number.
The Letters used to represent the Air Base of operation. This may have changed slightly when the USAF re-organized a few years ago.
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