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24 August 2018

• Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes MDS assigned between May 2015 and April 2017.

7 June 2016

• Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes MDS assigned between October 2013 and May 2015 (new or updated designations are A-14A, HC-144B, ZMD-5A/B/C, UH-60V, HH-60W, VH-92A, RO-6A, CQ-24A, ZRAQ-25A and RQ-26A).

14 April 2014

• Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes MDS assigned between September 2012 and October 2013 (new or updated designations are MD-4A, MD-4B, CH-53K, MQM-178A, RQ-12A, RQ-23A and ES-17A).

18 October 2012

• Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes the latest MDS assigned since 2011 (new or updated designations are MC-12S, C-23D, AC-130J, AC-130W, C-145A, C-146A, MD-3A, MD-3B, E-11A, TG-16A, UH-3D, VH-3D, YCH-53K, UH-60N, HH-60U, AGM-65L, CATM-65L, UGM-84L, UTM-84L, AGM-84N, DATM-86B, ATM-114S, MQM-170B, MQM-171A, MQM-171B, GQM-173A, AGM-176A, ATM-176A, CATM-176A, AGM-176B, ATM-176B, CATM-176B, BGM-176B, BQM-177A, QRQ-2B, EQ-4B, MQ-8C, RQ-20A, XRQ-22A, LS-15A, LS-16A, T-53A, UV-18C, X-56A and RZ-4A).
• Added designations CBU-116/B, CBU-118B, GBU-52/B and GBU-58/B to ASETDS listings.

26 February 2011

• Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes the latest MDS assigned since late 2009 (new or updated designations are NC-9D, KC-46A, TH-57D, OH-58F, YAGM-88F, AGM-130E, MQM-175A, MQM-175B, MQ-4C, RQ-16B and MQ-21A).
• Added designation CH-178 to Canadian Military Aircraft Designations page.
• Roger Finnerty provided updated files for his U.S. Military Aircraft Database.

26 April 2010

• Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes the latest MDS assigned between April and September 2009 (new or updated designations are RC-12X, C-20K, F-15F, MH-65D, XMQ-19A, T-52A, X-48C and X-55A).
• Added a drawing of the XPQ-10 and a photo of the XPQ-11 to the article about the PQ series target drones. Thanks to George Cully!
• Made minor updates to a few missile and UAV articles to reflect the latest program status.
• Added designations WS-128A, WS-130A, WS-135A, WS-198A, WS-207L, WS-213L, SS-422L, SS-426M, SS-432L, SS-445L, SS-445M and SS-468L to article about U.S. Air Force Projects. Thanks to Nugzari Gabroshvili!
• Added designations AN/ALQ-231, AN/APG-82, AN/APN-T9, AN/APN-T12, AN/AQM-19, AN/ARR-89, AN/ASM-412, AN/ASM-458, AN/ASM-460, AN/AWM-32, AN/AWM-76, AN/DSM-84, AN/DSM-85, AN/DSM-86, AN/DSM-89 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
• Roger Finnerty provided updated files for his U.S. Military Aircraft Database.

25 June 2009

• Added page about Griffin missile to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 4.
• Minor updates in articles about PAC-3 and THAAD missiles to reflect the latest program status.
• Updated article about BG series (new information about XBG-2). Thanks to Jos Heyman for providing the reference material!
• Updated Military Satellite Launch List (USA-200 to -202). Thanks to Jos Heyman!

24 June 2009

• Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes the latest MDS assigned between July 2008 and March 2009 (new or updated designations are A-29B, MC-12W, UC-12W, HC-130J, MC-130J, ATM-114Q, AGM-114R, RIM-161D, T-6C and AT-6C).
• Minor updates in a few articles (AGM-114, X-48, X-51) to reflect latest developments.

10 June 2009

• Added designation YMQ-18A to the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page.
• Added a note about the possible allocation of the X-55 designation in article about "Missing" USAF/DOD Aircraft Designations.

5 February 2009

• Minor updates in a few articles about UAVs (X-37, Falcon, ScanEagle, A160 Hummingbird, X-47, MQ-8) to reflect developments in 2007/2008.
• Added designation MC-12W to the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page.
• Added designation CU-170 to Canadian Military Aircraft Designations page.
• Added page about RQ-16 T-Hawk UAV to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 2.

20 January 2009

• Roger Finnerty's website U.S. Military Aircraft Database is now hosted within the Designation-Systems.Net domain. However, it's still a separate site, and maintained/updated exclusively by Roger.

24 November 2008

• Added designations AN/AAQ-39, AN/AIC-11, AN/AIC-35, AN/AIC-36, AN/AJQ-16, AN/ALM-118, AN/ALM-121, AN/ALM-179, AN/ALM-183, AN/ALM-201, AN/ALM-203, AN/APA-103, AN/APA-122, AN/APG-42, AN/APG-47, AN/APG-58, AN/APM-155, AN/APM-199, AN/APM-206, AN/APM-233, AN/APM-287, AN/APM-289, AN/APM-290, AN/APM-343, AN/APM-345, AN/APM-357, AN/APM-359, AN/APM-374, AN/APM-388, AN/APM-406, AN/APM-425, AN/APM-426, AN/APM-439, AN/APM-444, AN/APM-450, AN/APM-453, AN/APM-456, AN/APM-457, AN/APM-459, AN/APM-466, AN/APM-468, AN/APM-470, AN/APM-473, AN/APM-501, AN/APN-32, AN/APN-65, AN/APN-87, AN/APN-137, AN/APN-173, AN/APN-506, AN/APX-124, AN/AQA-2, AN/AQQ-T502, AN/ARC-46, AN/ARC-117, AN/ARC-212, AN/ARM-64, AN/ARM-85, AN/ARM-99, AN/ARM-116, AN/ARM-118, AN/ARM-190, AN/ARM-196, AN/ARM-197, AN/ARN-3, AN/ARN-9, AN/ARN-13, AN/ARN-17, AN/ARN-20, AN/ARN-35, AN/ARN-36, AN/ARN-113, AN/ARN-137, AN/ARN-500, AN/ARQ-15, AN/ARQ-38, AN/ARQ-45, AN/ARQ-501, AN/ARW-4, AN/ARW-7, AN/ARW-13, AN/ARW-37, AN/ASA-44, AN/ASA-71, AN/ASB-17, AN/ASC-5, AN/ASH-26, AN/ASH-29, AN/ASM-17, AN/ASM-21, AN/ASM-199, AN/ASM-243, AN/ASM-247, AN/ASM-248, AN/ASM-286, AN/ASM-290, AN/ASM-318, AN/ASM-331, AN/ASM-335, AN/ASM-344, AN/ASM-349, AN/ASM-374, AN/ASM-405, AN/ASM-420, AN/ASM-469, AN/ASM-602, AN/ASM-604, AN/ASM-606, AN/ASM-609, AN/ASM-613, AN/ASM-616, AN/ASM-629, AN/ASM-631, AN/ASM-632, AN/ASM-634, AN/ASM-636, AN/ASM-641, AN/ASM-643, AN/ASM-646, AN/ASM-648, AN/ASM-651, AN/ASM-659, AN/ASM-664, AN/ASM-678, AN/ASM-684, AN/ASM-685, AN/ASM-688, AN/ASM-690, AN/ASM-709, AN/ASN-2, AN/ASN-96, AN/ASN-120, AN/ASN-147, AN/ASN-162, AN/ASQ-6, AN/ASQ-33, AN/ASQ-62, AN/ASQ-79, AN/ASQ-118, AN/ASQ-120, AN/ASQ-139, AN/ASQ-144, AN/ASQ-163, AN/ASQ-189, AN/ASQ-202, AN/ASQ-224, AN/ASQ-T7, AN/ASQ-T10, AN/ASQ-T22, AN/ASQ-T23, AN/AST-9, AN/ASW-501, AN/AVM-21, AN/AVS-2, AN/AVS-4, AN/AWM-24, AN/AWM-69, AN/AYH-3, AN/AYK-25, AN/AYK-28, AN/AYN-7, AN/AYN-T1 and AN/AYQ-14 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
• Added designations AN/ASQ-217 and AN/ASQ-239 to AN/ASQ listing. Thanks to Mike Schumacher and Phil Chicola!
• Added designations A/A24G-T2, A/E24A-T32, A/E24A-T33, A/E24A-T40, A/E24M-38, A/E32M-T4, A/E37A-T29, A/E37A-T39, A/E37A-T48, A/E37A-T50, A/E37E-T1, A/E37M-T8, A/E37M-T9, A/E37M-T10, A/E37M-T14, GSU-293/E, GSU-316/E, HLU-303/E, TAU-120/E, TAU-142/E, TAU-145/E, TAU-155/E, TAU-156/E, TAU-173/E, TTU-506/E and TTU-524/E to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
• Added designations AP-44, AQ-9, AQ-11, AR-92, AR-102, AR-105, AR-110, AR-111, AR-114, AR-116, AR-120, AR-125, AR-142, AR-144, AR-145, AR-146, AR-150, AR-151, AR-157, AR-158, BM-51, BR-25, BR-27, BR-29, EH-48, EH-73, EH-82, EH-93, EH-94, EH-95, EH-105, EJ-16, EJ-19, EL-1, EN-75, EN-109, EN-110, EN-113, EN-116, ES-81, FH-6, FH-20, FK-2, FM-180, FM-181, FM-184, FM-189, FM-197, FM-202, FM-207, FN-13, FN-23, FN-27, FN-32, KD-38, KD-44, KD-48, KE-5, KE-37, KE-46, KE-47, KE-71, KF-9, KF-12, KF-14, KF-23, KF-34, KG-24, KG-25, KG-27, KS-9, KS-105, KS-106, KS-107, KS-112, KS-117, KS-130, KS-136, KS-149, LA-139, LA-152, LA-353, LA-373, LA-374, LA-375, LA-378, LA-388, LA-389, LA-390, LA-391, LA-392, LA-394, LA-405, LA-406, LA-410, LA-411, LA-413, LA-414, LA-428, LA-458, LA-645, LA-648, LB-38, LE-37, LM-118, LS-91 and LS-92 to JPTDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

18 October 2008

• Added designation MX-1962 to MX Projects listing. Thanks to John Aldaz!

9 September 2008

• Added designation Me 327 to German Military Aircraft Designations (1933-1945) page. Thanks to André Fave!

8 September 2008

• Updated page about GQM-173 MSST (contract award to ATK).

21 August 2008

• Revised and added several entries in the GBU listing. Entries for GBU-52/B and -53/B were wrong, and were deleted. New designations include GBU-47/B, GBU-53/B GBU-55/B, GBU-56/B, and GBU-57/B has been positively identified. Variant listings for JDAM GBUs were updated with new information. Affected articles in the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 5 were updated accordingly.

14 July 2008

• Updated page about MQM-170 Outlaw and added new separate page about MQM-171 Broadsword.

8 July 2008

• Added pages about GQM-173 MSST and RIM-174 ERAM to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles.
• Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes the latest MDS assigned between December 2007 and June 2008 (new or updated designations are C-27J, AGM-84J, RGM-84J, AGM-84K, AGM-84L, RGM-84L, AGM-84M, RGM-84M, CATM-88E, DATM-88E, ZGQM-173A, RIM-174A and X-54A).

5 May 2008

• Added designations A/E24T-163, A/E24T-220, TTU-387/E, TTU-417/E, TTU-552/E and TTU-557/E to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
• Added designations AN/AAM-84, AN/AAM-85, AN/AAM-92, AN/AAM-102, AN/AAR-5, AN/AAR-27, AN/AAR-35, AN/AAS-1, AN/ARM-513 and AN/ARM-514 to JETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!

25 April 2008

• Added designation AN/ARC-244 to AN/ARC listing. Thanks to David Huie!
• Slightly Updated articles about RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV (RQ-4N contract) and AGM-169 JCM (succeeded by JAGM).

7 February 2008

• Added designations CU-160 and CU-168 to Canadian Military Aircraft Designations page.

3 February 2008

• Added designation AN/AYY-1 to AN/AYY listing. Thanks to David Huie!

31 January 2008

• Updated article about AGM-84 Harpoon (AGM-84M Harpoon Block III).
• Added designation AGM-84M to DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page.
• Added designations CPU-165/A, CPU-166/A, DCU-183/A, DCU-283/A, DCU-299/A, JEK-151/A24J-24 and MTU-113/U to ASETDS listings. Thanks to David Huie!
• Added designations AN/ASQ-75 and AN/ASQ-506 to AN/ASQ listing. Thanks to David Huie!

22 January 2008

• Updated article about MQ-17 SpyHawk UAV (program terminated).

20 January 2008

• Added page about MQ-17 SpyHawk UAV to the Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 2.
• Updated article about AGM-76 Falcon (missile definitely identified as ARM).

18 January 2008

• Jos Heyman has updated his articles on the Delta, Atlas and Pegasus launchers, DSP, Navstar, WGS and NOSS satellites, and the list of U.S. military satellite launches to include launch data for 2006 and 2007.
• Added designations DSU-38/B, GBU-52/B, GBU-53/B and GBU-54/B (article about JDAM was updated accordingly) to ASETDS listings. Thanks to Sascha Decker!
• Slightly updated article about Paveway II (GBU-12F/B variant, and new GBU-48/B, -49/B and -50/B EGBU designations).
• Added designation AN/AYQ-26 to AN/AYQ listing. Thanks to David Huie!
• Added code names Flashlight-D, Firebar-A/B and Fateful to Designations Of Soviet and Russian Military Aircraft and Missiles page. Thanks to Martin Horék!
• Added designation XMQ-17A to the Current Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles page.
• Updated the DOD 4120.15-L - Addendum page, which now also includes the latest MDS assigned between June and December 2007 (new or updated designations are QF-16A, QF-16C, MH-65C, MQ-1C, XMQ-17A and T-6B).

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