Italian Armed Forces aircraft designation system

The Italian Armed Forces aircraft designation system is a unified designation system introduced by the Italian Armed Forces in 2009 for all Italian military aircraft. The system is based on the United States Armed Forces 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system.

Designation system
The designation system produces a Mission-Design-Series (MDS) designation of the form:
 * (Status Prefix)(Modified Mission)(Basic Mission)(Vehicle Type)-(Design Number)(Series Letter)

Of these components, only the Basic Mission, Design Number and Series Letter are mandatory. In the case of special vehicles a Vehicle Type symbol must also be included.

A - Attack

 * AV-8 - McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II
 * AV-8B
 * TAV-8B
 * A-11 - AMX International AMX
 * A-11A - AMX
 * TA-11A - AMX-T
 * A-11B - AMX ACOL
 * TA-11B - AMX-T ACOL
 * A-200 - Panavia Tornado
 * A-200A - Tornado IDS
 * TA-200A - Tornado IDS (trainer)
 * EA-200B - Tornado ECR
 * A-200C - Tornado post-MLU
 * TA-200C - Tornado post-MLU (trainer)

C - Transport

 * C-27 - Alenia C-27J Spartan
 * C-27J
 * YEC-27J JEDI
 * C-42 - ATR 42
 * C-42C - ATR 42-500
 * C-50 - Dassault Falcon 50
 * VC-50A
 * C-130 - Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules
 * C-130J
 * C-130J-30
 * C-180 - Piaggio P.180 Avanti
 * VC-180A - P180 Avanti
 * VC-180B - P180 Avanti II
 * C-222 - Aeritalia G.222
 * C-222A - G.222TCM1
 * C-222B - G.222TCM2
 * RC-222 - G.222RM
 * EC-222 - G.222VS
 * C-228 - Dornier 228
 * UC-228 - Dornier 228
 * C-319 - Airbus A319
 * VC-319A - A319CJ
 * C-900 - Dassault Falcon 900
 * VC-900A - Falcon 900EX
 * VC-900B - Falcon 900EASY

E - Electronics

 * E-550 - Gulfstream G550 CAEW
 * E-550A

F - Fighter

 * F-16 - Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon
 * F-16A
 * F-16B
 * F-35 - Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
 * F-35A - CTOL
 * F-35B - STOVL
 * F-2000 - Eurofighter Typhoon
 * F-2000A - Typhoon
 * TF-2000A - Typhoon (trainer)

G - Glider

 * G-2 - Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2
 * G-2B - Ventus 2B
 * G-4 - Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4
 * G-4D - Nimbus-4D
 * G-4DM - Nimbus-4DM
 * G-17 - LAK-17
 * UG-17A - LAK-17
 * G-21 - Caproni Vizzola Calif
 * G-21S - A-21S Calif
 * G-103 - Grob G103 Twin Astir
 * G-103 - G 103 Twin Astir

H - Helicopter

 * H-3 - Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King
 * VH-3D - SH-3D
 * SH-3D - SH-3D ASW
 * UH-3D - SH-3D ASH
 * HH-3F - HH-3F Pelican
 * H-47 - Boeing CH-47 Chinook
 * CH-47C - CH-47C
 * CH-47F - CH-47F Chinook
 * H-90 - NHIndustries NH90
 * UH-90A - NH 90 TTF
 * SH-90A - NH 90 NFH
 * H-101 - AgustaWestland AW101
 * SH-101A - AW101 Maritime Patrol
 * EH-101A - AW101 AEW
 * UH-101A - AW101 Anti-Submarine Helicopter
 * HH-101A - AW101 CSAR
 * H-109 - Agusta A109
 * CH-109A - A109A
 * CH-109B - A109A II
 * CH-109D - A109C
 * CH-109E - A109F
 * MRH-109A - A109T
 * MCH-109A - A109N
 * H-129 - Agusta A129 Mangusta
 * AH-129A - A129
 * AH-129C - A129C
 * AH-129D - A129D
 * H-139 - AgustaWestland AW139
 * HH-139A - AW139 Air Force SAR
 * PH-139A - AW139 Coast Guard SAR
 * UH-139A
 * VH-139A - AW139 Air Force VIP
 * HH-139B - AW139 Air Force SAR
 * PH-139B - AW139 Coast Guard SAR
 * UH-139B
 * UH-139C
 * H-169 - AgustaWestland AW169
 * UH-169A - AW169M
 * H-205 - Agusta-Bell AB 205
 * UH-205A - AB 205
 * H-206 - Agusta-Bell AB 206
 * RH-206A - AB 206A1
 * RH-206B - AB 206B1
 * RH-206C - AB 206C1
 * H-212 - Agusta-Bell AB 212
 * UH-212 - AB 212
 * HH-212A - AB 212 (AMI-SAR)
 * UH-212A - AB 212 (AWTI)
 * UH-212B - AB 212ASH
 * SH-212B - AB 212ASW
 * H-249 - Leonardo Helicopters AW249
 * AH-249A - AW249
 * H-412 - Agusta-Bell AB 412
 * HH-412A - AB 412
 * HH-412B - AB 412EP
 * HH-412C - AB 412HP
 * HH-412D - AB 412SP
 * H-500 - Breda Nardi NH-500E
 * TH-500B - NH-500E
 * OH-500A - NH-500 MC
 * OH-500B - NH 500 MD

KC - Tanker

 * KC-707 - Boeing 707T/T
 * KC-707A - 707T/T Tanker/Transport
 * KC-767
 * KC-767A - Boeing KC-767
 * KC-767B - Boeing KC-46 Pegasus

P - Patrol

 * P-42 - ATR 42
 * P-42A - ATR42MP-400
 * P-42B - ATR42MP-500
 * P-72 - ATR 72
 * P-72A - ATR72
 * P-1150 - Breguet Atlantic
 * P-1150A - Br.1150 Atlantic

Q - UAV

 * Q-1 - General Atomics MQ-1 Predator
 * RQ-1B - Predator A
 * MQ-1C - Predator A+
 * Q-7 - AAI RQ-7 Shadow
 * RQ-7C - Shadow 200
 * Q-9 - General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
 * MQ-9A - Predator B
 * Q-10 - APR Strix C
 * RQ-10C - Strix C
 * RQ-10D - Strix D
 * Q-11 - AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven
 * RQ-11B - Raven B
 * RQ-11C - Raven DDL
 * Q-12 - APR Sixton
 * RQ-12A
 * Q-24 - APR Asio-B
 * RQ-24A
 * Q-25 - APR Spyball-B
 * RQ-25A
 * Q-26 - APR Crex-B
 * RQ-26A
 * Q-27 - Boeing Insitu ScanEagle
 * RQ-27A - ScanEagle
 * Q-28 - IA-3 Colibrì quadcopter
 * RQ-28A - IA-3 Colibrì

T - Trainer

 * T-260 - SIAI-Marchetti SF.260
 * T-260A - SF.260AM
 * T-260B - SF.260EA
 * T-339 - Aermacchi MB-339
 * T-339A - MB-339A
 * FT-339B - MB-339CD1
 * FT-339C - MB-339CD2
 * AT-339A - MB-339PAN
 * T-345 - Aermacchi M-345
 * T-345A - M-345 HET
 * T-346 - Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master
 * T-346A - M-346 Master
 * T-2006 - Tecnam P2006T
 * T-2006A- T2006A

U - Utility

 * U-166 - Piaggio P.166
 * U-166A - P.166M
 * U-166B - P.166DL3
 * U-166C - P.166DP1
 * U-208 - SIAI-Marchetti S.208
 * U-208A - S.208