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The Alphabet Code Behind U.S. Military Aircraft

Every U.S. military aircraft—from the A-10 Warthog to the RC-135—is assigned a cryptic code. But those letters and numbers aren’t random. They're part of a 1962 system that tells you the aircraft’s ...
I would venture to guess that most people have some familiarity with military time and the phonetic alphabet. Both have been used in television and film hundreds of times, however, I can ...
Name the code words for each letter in the NATO phonetic alphabet, also known as the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet (IRSA).
Name the code words for each letter in the NATO phonetic alphabet, also known as the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet (IRSA).