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Appendix 12:
NATO Reporting Names
Since WW2 there have been three successive series of ‘type
numbers’ or ‘reporting names’” assigned to Soviet aircraft
by the NATO Air Standardization Co-ordinating
Committee. When first assigned each new name was classified;
this extended even to the suffix letters which
identify important modifications of each basic design. For
some reason the practice of assigning invented names has
continued even though the correct designations are
known. Bomber and reconnaissance names begin with B,
transports with C, fighters with F, helicopters with H and
other types with M. A single-syllable name (except for
helicopters) denotes a propeller aircraft. Older aircraft are
omitted from the following list.
Backfire
Tu-22M
Firebar
Yak-28P
Badger
Tu-16 (Tu-88 and Chinese H-6)
Fishbed
MiG-21 (single-seaters and Chinese J-7)
Beagle
Chinese H-5 (licence-built Il-28)
Fishpot
Su-11 (single-seater)
Bear
Blackjack
Blinder
Brewer
Camber
Candid
Tu-95, Tu-142
Tu-160
Tu-22 (Tu-105)
Most Yak-28 tactical versions
Il-86
Il-76
Fitter
Flagon
Flanker
Flogger
Su-7, Su-17, Su-20 and Su-22 (including
some two-seaters)
Su-15 and Su-21 (including two-seaters)
Su-27, Su-30, Su-32, Su-33, Su-35,
Su-37
MiG-23 and MiG-27 (including
trainers)
Careless
Tu-154, Tu-164
Forger
Yak-38
Cash
Clank
Classic
Cline
Clobber
Coaler
Cock
Codling
Coke
Colt
Condor
Coot
Crate
Crusty
Cub
Cuff
Curl
Farmer
An-28
An-30
Il-62
An-32
Yak-42
An-72, An-74
An-22
Yak-40
An-24 (Chinese Y-7)
An-2 (Chinese Y-5)
An-124
Il-18 and variants
Il-14
Tu-134
An-12 and variants
Be-32
An-26
MiG-19 (and Chinese J-6, including
trainer)
Foxbat
Foxhound
Frogfoot
Fulcrum
Fullback
Halo
Harke
Havoc
Haze
Helix
Hermit
Hind
Hip
Hokum
Hoodlum
Hook
Hoplite
Hormone
MiG-25 (including reconnaissance and
trainer versions)
MiG-31
Su-25, Su-28
MiG-29
Su-34, Su-38
Mi-26
Mi-10
Mi-28
Mi-14
Ka-27, Ka-28, Ka-29, Ka-31, Ka-32
Mi-34
Mi-24, Mi-25, Mi-35
Mi-8, Mi-9, Mi-17
Ka-50
Ka-26
Mi-6, Mi-22
Mi-2 (excluding PZL variants)
Ka-25
Fencer
Su-24
Hound
Mi-4 (and Chinese Z-5)
Fiddler
Tu-28P/128 (Tu-102)
Madcap
An-71
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