1962 United States Tri-Service Aircraft Designation System - Manufacturers Code

Manufacturers Code

From 1939 a manufacturers code was added to designations to easily identify the manufacturer and the production plant. The code was a two letters for example F-15E-50-MC the MC being the code for the McDonnell Douglas plant at St. Louis, Missouri.

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