Technical data

Table 8-1. Standard Markings
Item General Location
National Star Insignia Aircraft Wing and Fuselage
“USAF” Marking Aircraft Wings
“U.S. AIR FORCE” Marking Aircraft Fuselage
Serial Number Aircraft Fuselage
Aircraft Radio Call Number Aircraft Vertical Fin
American Flag Aircraft Vertical Fin
Table 8-2. Aircraft Authorized American Flag Markings
Air Attache
MAAG
USAF Mission
Apollo Range Instrumentation Aircraft, EC-135 (AFMC-ARIA) and NKC-135A S/N 53-3132 (BIG CROW)
89th Airlift Wing/201AS
Air Force Section Mission (U.S. Military Group Aircraft in Latin America)
AMC/ACC Airlift Forces Aircraft
76th Airlift Squadron USAFE
AFRC and ANG Airlift Aircraft for which ACC/AMC are the Gaining Command
EC/RC-135
E-4 Aircraft
All Transport and Tanker Aircraft
8.3.3.1 The American Flag shall have a height, width ratio
of 0.52 to 1, and be located on each side of the vertical fin
above all other markings of significance. The flag shall be
positioned horizontally such that the union shall be upper-
most with the bars appearing to be trailing at all times. (See
Figure B-5)
8.3.3.2 The flag or emblem of other countries/(non-Air
Force) organizations shall not be displayed on USAF aircraft
for any reason.
8.3.4 United States of America Marking. The words
“UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” are authorized to be
painted on the fuselage exteriors of the following aircraft
authorized the American Flag. Table 8-3 list the aircraft
authorized “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”.
8.3.4.1 When authorized, the marking “UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA” will be applied on both sides of the aircraft
fuselage, parallel to and above the top of the cabin windows.
(See Figure B-5) The fuselage marking “U.S. AIR FORCE”
shall be removed from the aircraft.
8.3.5 Aircraft Radio Call Numbers. The radio call
number will be applied to each side of the vertical stabilizer.
On aircraft with multiple vertical stabilizers the radio call
number will be applied to the outboard side of the outer most
vertical stabilizer. AMC and ACC each use a different method
to mark the vertical stabilizer with the radio call number.
8.3.6 AMC Standard Radio Call Numbers. The radio
call number consists of five numbers usually derived from the
aircraft serial number. The first numeral of the contract
number and the hyphen will not be used (e.g., S/N 63-
545134A will be 35134 and 62-3467 will be 23467). (See
Figure B-5)
Table 8-3. Aircraft Authorized United States of
America Markings
Air Attache
MAAG
AFMC-ARIA
USAF Mission
89th Airlift Wing
Air Force Section Mission (U.S. Military Group Air-
craft in Latin America)
TO 1-1-8
8-4