Navy Flight Codes

[Fly Navy]

Anyone have a reference to Navy flight codes, such as 1D1 and whatnot that are put on yellowsheets?

 

[Lovebug201]

Look in the front of your log book. All of the codes are listed there, unless of course they have changed the log book format since my day

 

[Gatordev]

Opnav 3710 or 4790 (there's an actual Ops book, too, but I can't remember what it was called. Maybe it was just the SHARP user manual). The actual meaning of the codes changes from place to place, but the general meaning is the same. For example, 2R2 is a scheduled log run. For us in the fleet, it was also a flyoff/flyon. At Primary land, it's an RDO/FITU visit.

 

[Fly Navy]

Ahhh look at that, thanks guys!

 

[KBayDog]

Appendix D of 3710 has all the TMR codes you need to fill your time while you wait for your orders.

Edit: But you already knew that, because you are a Naval Aviator

 

[Fly Navy]

Now if you smart guys could tell me a way to track down MODEX numbers on the internet for specific BUNOs

 

[KBayDog]

I'd love to help you, Fly, but I'm not a Naval Aviator

 

[Brett327]

Now if you smart guys could tell me a way to track down MODEX numbers on the internet for specific BUNOs

The problem with that, at least in the fleet, is that MODEX is always changing. I might have a 532 jet that I transfer to another squadron where it becomes 501. I might imagine that TRACOM aircraft might not change up as often, but I doubt if you'll find anything online that's accurate.

Brett

 

[Gatordev]

Now if you smart guys could tell me a way to track down MODEX numbers on the internet for specific BUNOs

Hmm...I don't even know if you could do this. The wings have Buno listings, but I'm not even sure they have Modexs for them, since the squadron can change the Modex (within their specific assigned window of numbers). Modexes themselves seem to be assigned with smoke and mirrors, anyway. We had two aircraft numbers in our squadron. We show up to San Diego (Same wing, different station), and the squadron hosting us had the same two numbers. Made their maintainers do a double take when they'd go out to work on a bird, and made us nervous that they'd start to tear apart the wrong aircraft.

EDIT: Brett beat me to it.

 

[HooverPilot]

You can get started here. Seems to be pretty accurate.

edit: sorry, I just re-read the question and I don't know about modex, but you can still waste a lot of time looking up airplanes and seeing their fate!

 

[A4sForever]

You can get started here. Seems to be pretty accurate.

This list is real accurate with several aircraft in my personal flying experience.

 

[ChunksJR]

Material Control

Now if you smart guys could tell me a way to track down MODEX numbers on the internet for specific BUNOs

Find an AZ. They actually have to keep track of that on each individual aircraft.

BUNOs actually change as well as various aircraft are shifted around between squadrons...as for in the training command, however, I'd start at wherever the ADBs are kept...and go from there.

 

[Brett327]

Or, just make it up. A year from now nobody will know, or care whether you flew in 532 or 530. Might as well get started now on your long career of Navy gun-decking.

Brett

 

[Schnugg]

If you are talking about an actual yellow sheet (as in hard copy) it's on the back of one of the pages.

However with the advent of them compooter thingys, it's no where to be found.

 

[ChunksJR]

However with the advent of them compooter thingys, it's no where to be found.

If you are a poor sap who is forced to use SHARP, it'll be in there (breaking down the various meanings of the 3 numbers) or in NALCOMIS, you have to hit F7 to get a list when you get to that part of your NAVFLIR...

That's the only computer locations I know.