Aircraft marking

Aircraft markings are symbols and annotations painted on aircraft, primarily for identification. Types of aircraft markings include:

* Aircraft registration, unique alphanumeric string that identifies every aircraft
* Invasion stripes, alternating black and white bands painted on the fuselages and wings of World War II Allied aircraft, for the purpose of increased recognition by friendly forces
* Military aircraft insignia, applied to military aircraft to identify the nation or branch of military service
* Hungarian Air Force , a set of aligned triangles which points toward the front of the aircraft
* Romanian Air Force#Aircraft markings, roundels on military vehicles and aircraft that use the colours of the Romanian flag
* Royal Canadian Air Force , roundels used from 1920–1945
* Royal Air Force roundels, a circular identification mark used since 1915, United Kingdom
* Serbian Air Force and Air Defence , an adapted version of the former Royal Yugoslav Air Force roundel that was officially adopted in 2006
* South African Air Force , roundels adopted in 2002 that are distinct from the Army
* United Kingdom military aircraft serials, the serial numbers used to identify individual military aircraft
* United States:
* United States military aircraft national insignia, a listing of the nationality markings used by military aircraft of the United States
* United States military aircraft serials, the serial numbers used to identify individual military aircraft
* USAAF unit identification aircraft markings, an identification code to identify the unit to which U.S. aircraft are assigned
* Nose art, decorative painting or design on the fuselage of an aircraft
* Tail code, markings, usually on the vertical stabilizer of U.S. military aircraft, that help to identify the unit and base assignment
* List of air forces provides the markings used by each military organization, with historical examples.

## See also

* Aircraft livery, the full graphic treatment of aircraft, often for branding
* All pages with titles containing Aircraft marking
* Marking (disambiguation)

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