Template:R from US military aircraft designator/doc

Purpose
This template is intended for redirects like F-15, F-16, F-16C etc, i.e. pure US military aircraft designators that redirect to articles about the corresponding aircraft. If the title contains some other text beside the designator (e.g. F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon), then other rcats should be used instead, such as R from short name.

Usage

 * This redirect category (rcat) template populates both and  by default.  In 2003, efforts were begun to support the Wikimedia Foundation's goal of increasing access and availability of  Wikipedia articles in .  Since this encyclopedia is not a directory, redirects from US military aircraft designators are not suitable for a printed version.  In other words they are unprintworthy.


 * Add this rcat to a redirect page (not a talk-page redirect) in the following manner:
 * Template Rcat shell is an alias for the Redirect category shell template, which may be used to add as many appropriate rcats as needed, usually from one to seven, along with their parameters, to a redirect. For more information see the documentation on its template page.  This rcat may also tag a redirect individually:


 * This is in accord with instructions found at REDCAT.


 * See this template's talk page for more useful information.

Aliases

 * [ Also known as...] – list of templates that redirect here and may also be used