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The most common system to designate U.S. naval aircraft covered the period 1923 to 1962. The letter J was used for Transport aircraft from 1928–1931, and for Utility from 1931–1946. The letter R was used for Racer from 1923–1928, while R desingated Transport from 1931–1962. In 1925 the U.S. Army adopted a new designation system for cargo/transport aircraft. Between 1919 and 1924, aircraft used a T- (Transport) designation and in 1925 the system was changed to C- (Cargo). The cargo naming scheme was reorganized in 1962, when the Army, Navy and Air Force systems were combined and simplified, providing a single system for the way each of the U.S. military services designated their aircraft. In the case of cargo aircraft, the USAF code C was retained, but the numbering sequence was started over.
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C-1
C-2
C-3
C-4
C-5
C-6
C-7
C-8
C-9
C-10
C-11
C-12
C-13
C-14
C-15
C-16
C-17
C-18
C-19
C-20
C-21
C-22
C-23
C-24
C-25
C-26
C-27
C-28
C-29
C-30
C-31
C-32
C-33
C-34
C-35
C-36
C-37
C-38
C-39
C-40
C-41
C-42
C-43
C-44
C-45
C-46
C-47
C-48
C-49

C-50
C-51
C-52
C-53
C-54
C-55
C-56
C-57
C-58
C-60
C-61
C-62
C-63
C-64
C-65
C-66
C-67
C-68
C-69
C-70
C-71
C-72
C-73
C-74
C-75
C-76
C-77
C-78
C-79
C-80
C-81
C-82
C-83
C-84
C-85
C-86
C-87
C-88
C-89
C-90
C-91
C-92
C-93
C-94
C-95
C-96
C-97
C-98
C-99

C-100
C-101
C-102
C-103
C-104
C-105
C-106
C-107
C-108
C-109
C-110
C-111
C-112
C-113
C-114
C-115
C-116
C-117
C-118
C-119
C-120
C-121
C-122
C-123
C-124
C-125
C-129
C-131
C-133
C-134
C-137
C-140
C-142
C-143
C-160
ATTT
HK-1 / H-4

C-1
C-7
C-14
C-15
C-16

C-2
C-4
C-5
C-8
C-9
C-11
C-12
C-17
C-19
C-20
C-21
C-22
C-23
C-26
C-27
C-29
C-31
C-32
C-33
C-35
C-38
C-39
C-40
C-41
C-42
C-43
C-44
C-45
C-130
C-135
C-141
C-143
C-144
CV-7
L-1011




ATT
AMT
C-XX(SR)
C-XX(MR)
M3T2 / MMTT

CSA
NSA
GRA

ULTRA