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Registration markings provide a useful guide to the country of origin of civilian and, in some cases, military aircraft. National prefix letters/numbers in current use are as follows:

AP- Pakistan A2- Botswana
A3- Tonga A5- Bhutan
A6- United Arab Emirates A7- Qatar
A9C- Bahrain A40- Oman
B- China (Taiwan) BNMAU-Mongolia
C/CF- Canada CC- Chile
CCCP- USSR CN- Morocco
CP- Bolivia CS- Portugal (Europe)
CU- Cuba CX- Uruguay
C2- Nauru C3- Andorra
C5- Gambia C6- Bahamas
C9- Mozambique D/DDR-Germany
DQ- Fiji D2- Angola
D4- Cape Verde Is. D6- Comores
EC- Spain EI- Ireland (Eire)
EL- Liberia EP- Iran
ET- Ethiopia F- France
FO- France (Overseas) G- United Kingdom
HA- Hungary HB- Switzerland
HC- Ecuador HH- Haiti
HI- Dominican Republic HK- Columbia
HL- Korea (South) HP- Panama
HR- Honduras HS- Thailand
HV- The Vatican HZ- Saudi Arabia
H4- Solomon Is. I- Italy
JA- Japan JY- Jordan
J2- Djibouti J3- Grenada
J5- Guinea-Bissau J6- St Lucia
J7- Dominica J8- St Vincent
LN- Norway LQ/LV-Argentina
LX- Luxembourg LZ- Bulgaria
MI- Marshall Is N- USA
OB- Peru OD- Lebanon
OE- Austria OH- Finland
OK- Czechoslovakia OO- Belgium
P- Korea (North) PH- Netherlands
PJ- Netherlands Antilles PK- Indonesia
PP/PT-Brazil PZ- Suriname
P2- Papua New Guinea RDPL- Laos
RP- Philippines SE- Sweden
SP- Poland ST- Sudan
SU- Egypt SX- Greece
S2- Bangladesh S7- Seychelles
S9- Sao Tome TC- Turkey
TF- Iceland TG- Guatemala
TI- Costa Rica TJ- Cameroon
TL- Central African Republic TN- Congo (Brazzaville)
TR- Gabon TS- Tunisia
TT- Chad TU- Ivory Coast
TY- Benin TZ- Mali
T2- Tuvalu T3- Kiribati
T7- San Marino VH- Australia
VP-F Falkland Is VP-LKA/LZ- St Kitts - Nevis
VP-LMA/LUZ Monserrat VP-LVA/ZZ British Virgin Is
VQ-T Turks & Caicos Is VR-B Bermuda
VR-C Cayman Is VR-G Gibraltar
VR-H Hong Kong VT- India
V2- Antigua & Barbuda V3- Belize
V8- Brunei XA-,XB-,XC- Mexico
XT- Burkino Faso XU- Kampuchea (Cambodia)
XY- Burma YA- Afganistan
YI- Iraq YJ- Vanuatu
YK- Syria YN- Nicaragua
YR- Romania YS- El Salvador
YU- Yugoslavia YV- Venezuela
Z- Zimbabwe ZA- Albania
ZK- New Zealand ZP- Paraguay
ZS- South Africa 3A- Monaco
3B- Mauritius 3C- Equatorial Guinea
3D- Swaziland 3X- Guinea
4R- Sri Lanka 4U- United Nations
4W- Yemen Republic 4X- Isreal
4YB- Jordanian-Iraqi Co-op Treaty
5A- Libya 5B- Cyprus
5H- Tanzania 5N- Nigeria
5R- Madagascar 5T- Mauretania
5U- Niger 5V- Togo
5W- Western Samoa 5X- Uganda
5Y- Kenya 6O- Somalia
6V- Senegal 6Y- Jamaica
7O- Yemen, Democratic 7P- Lesotho
7Q- Malawi 7T- Mauretania
8P- Barbados 8Q- Maldives
8R- Guyana 9G- Ghana
9H- Malta 9J- Zambia
9K- Kuwait 9L- Sierra Leone
9M- Malaysia 9N- Nepal
9O/9T-Zaire 9U- Burundi
9V- Singapore 9XR- Rwanda
9Y- Trinidad & Tobago

Service aircraft bear national insignia which is normally a motif based on national colors. Most countries have an associated fin flash (symbol on the tail) which in some cases is the same as the national flag for that country.

Most military aircraft, East & West, Employ Aravic numerals (Normal numbers) for individual identification. A major exception are the countries of the Middle East which use a different numerical system.

One country that carries both civil & military markings on its transport aircraft is Isreal.

Aircraft National Identity Markings

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