Here's some information about aircraft tactical numbers in USAF squadrons.
It may help to modeller's to identify an aircraft or to choose decal markings for model.

Squadron	Wing/group	Callsign	Aircraft type	BuNo	Year	War/ conflict	Pilot
		MX-E	P-47D-25-RA	226635	1944	WW II
		HL-C	P-47D-20	276155		WW II
		DF-B	B-17G	23506		WW II
		OR-Q	B-17F	23040		WW II
	303 BG		B-17F-27	41-24585		WW II
		VF-B	P-51D	44-13303		WW II
		E2-D	P-51D	44-14164		WW II
		209	P-51D	44-62707
		23.	P-51D	44-63855
	339 FW	5Q-C	P-51D	44-64148	1944	WW II	Col. William C.Clark
487 FS	352 FW	HO-M	P-51D	44-14151	1944	WW II	Lt.Col. John C.Mayer
		HV-A	P-47D-25-RA			WW II
		LM-J	P-47M	..287		WW II
		AJ-A	P-51B			WW II
315 FS	325 FG	30	P-51B		1944	WW II
		A	A-36A	42-84067	1944	WW II
	2 ASG		F-6D	44-15473	1944	WW II
418 NFS			P-38M	42-7234		WW II
419 NFS			P-38M	42-6865		WW II
		5Y-W	P-38J	42-67232	1942	WW II
			P-38F-5	42-12644	1943	WW II	Richard Ira Bong
			P-38F-5	42-12653	1943	WW II	Richard Ira Bong
			P-38J-15-LO	42-103993	1944	WW II	Richard Ira Bong
			P-38J-15-LO	42-104012	1944	WW II	Richard Ira Bong
			P-38J-15-LO	42-104380	1944	WW II	Richard Ira Bong
			P-38J-20-LO	44-23461	1944	WW II	Richard Ira Bong
	7 PRG		Spitfire PR.XI	PA892	1943	WW II
12 FBS	18 FBG/W	FF-647	F-51D	44-84647	1952	Korea
36 FBS	8 FBG/W	FF-941	F-51D	44-74941	1950	Korea
12 FBS	18 FBG/W	FF-943	F-51D	44-12943	1950	Korea
4 F(AW)S		FQ-390	F-82G	46-390	1950	Korea
336 FIS	4 FIW	FU-236	F-86A-5	49-1236	1949	Korea	Col. D. Hinton
334 FIS	4 FIW	FU-666	F-86E-5	51-0666	1952	Korea	1st Lt. D.A. McLean
336 FIS	4 FIW	FU-800	F-86E-10	51-2800	1952	Korea	Mjr. Ch. Owens
	4 FIW	FU-944	F-86F	51-12944	1953	Korea	R. Parr
	4 FIW	FU-511	F-86F	52-4511	1953	Korea
	4 FIW	FU-822	F-86F	51-2822	1952	Korea	Col. R. Baker
	8 FBW	FU-877	F-86F	52-4877	1952	Korea	Wing cdr. Col. Wilmet
	8 FBW	FU-473	F-86F	52-4473	1952	Korea
12 FBS	18 FBW	FU-437	F-86F-30	52-4335	1952	Korea
25 FIS	51 FIW	FU-746	F-86E-10	51-2746	1952	Korea	Mjr W.H. Wescott
39 FIS	51 FIW	FU-753	F-86E	51-2753	1952	Korea	Cpt. J.D. McConnell
39 FIS	51 FIW	FU-910	F-86F-1	51-2910	1953	Korea	Cpt. J.D. McConnell
		FU-939	F-86E	51-2939	1951
		FU-890	F-86F	51-2890	1953	Korea	1st Lt. H. Buttleman
		FU-476	F-86H	51-8476	1954
		FU-305	F-86	8305
		FU-846	F-86D	53-846	1956
45 TRS	67 TRW	FT-379	RF-80A	48-5379	1952	Korea
45 TRS	67 TRW	FT-467	RF-80A	48-5467	1952	Korea
35 FBS	8 FBG	FT-705	F-80C	49-705	1950	Korea	1st Lt. Robert Dewald
36 FBS	8 FBG	FT-748	F-80C	49-748	1950	Korea
7 FBS	49 FBG	FT-747	F-80C
80 FBS	8 FBG	FT-765	F-80C	49-765	1950	Korea	Cpt. Roy Marsh
35 FBS	8 FBG	FT-817	F-80C		1950	Korea
35 FBS	8 FBG	FT-531	F-80C		1950	Korea
35 FBS	8 FBG	FT-547	F-80C		1950	Korea
35 FBS	8 FBG	FT-811	F-80C		1950	Korea
16 FIS	51 FIW	FT-650	F-80C	49-650	1950	Korea
16 FIS	51 FIW	FT-795	F-80C	49-795	1950	Korea	Cpt. Howard Curvan
		FT-652	F-80C	49-652
	27 FBG	FS-333	F-84E	49-2333	1950	Korea	Col. D. Blackslee
8 FBS	49 FBG	FS-613-A	F-84E	49-0613	1950	Korea
9 FBS	49 FBG	FS-119-A	F-84E	49-0119	1950	Korea
-	49 FBG	FS-535-C	F-84G	1535	1950	Korea	Group comm.
111 FBS	136 FBG	FS-360	F-84E	49-2360	1950	Korea
428 FBS	474 FBW	FS-594-B	F-84E	49-1594	1950	Korea
	474 FBW	FS-681-A	F-84E	49-0681	1950	Korea
	474 FBW	FS-494-B	F-84E	49-.494	1950	Korea
	474 FBW	FS-196-A	F-84E	49-0196	1950	Korea
		FS-776	F-84F	3776
68 FIS		FA-353	F-94B	51-5352	1951	Korea	Cpt. W. Turner
68 FIS		FA-831	F-94B	51-0831	1951	Korea
		FV-435	F-89D	59-2435	1959
		O-42281	F-100A	54-2281	1955
		O-41951	F-100A	54-1951	1955
6148 TCS		LTA-573	LT-6G	93573	1951	Korea
		FC-394	F-102	559394	196.
		FC-452	F-106	(5)6452	196.
		F.-613	F-104A	55-0613	1960
		BB-489	B-66	(5)4489	1965
		FJ-200	RF-4C	71-2200	1971
		ZR-568	F-4E	85568
		FN-087	F-4E	..087
		GA-663	F-4E	74663	198.
		GA-173	F-4E	74173	198.
		F-987	F-5A	69-4987
		TR-272	T-33	61-9272	1961
		ZZ-469	F-15A	77-8469	1977
		ZZ-491	F-15A	77-8491	1977
32 TFS		CR-074	F-15	77-.074	1979
		LA-069	F-15	77-6069	1980
		LA-083	F-15	77-6083	1980
		LA-447	F-15	77-.447	1980
	31 TFW	SL-	F-4E
	31 TFW	ZF-31	F-16A	78-20031	1979
	31 TFW	ZF-36	F-16A	78-20036	1979
		HL-019	F-16	77-6019	1978
		HL-068	F-16	77-6068	1978
		HL-081	F-16	77-6081	1978
		WP-495	F-16C	78-0495
40 TFS	355 TFW	DD-040	A-7D	70040	1975
		LA-200	A-7D	82200	197.
527 TS		45	F-5E	01545	1975
			TF-101A	80276
730 BS	452 BG(L)	BC-552	B-26B	44-34552	1951
729 BS	452 BG(L)	BC-571	B-26B	44-34571	1951
37 BS	17 BG(L)	BC-434	B-26C	44-34334	1952
28 BS	19 BG(M)		B-29A	44-84657	1951

Sources of information provided here:
"AeroPlane" magazine, No. 2-12,15, 1993-1999, Minsk, Belarus,
C.Piotrowski, P.Taras "Korea 1950-53", "Kampanie lotnicze 3", Books International, 1994,
U.S.Air Force Official Web Site, 1997-99,
and various private and published photos.

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