Re: [OT] USAF plane nomenclature

I think (don't quote me...) that the U in helo codes (UH-1 Huey, etc) is
actually Utility, not Universal.

The in-service Osprey might actually be the UV-22, or VU-22; assuming
they
ever find sensible pilots to run the creature. (and honest
AMEs/commanders
to keep the aircraft logs, of course.)(at least one of the Osprey
crashes
may have been because the unit commander/maintance types were fudging
the
logs to get the a/c thru it's tests faster, ie pushing it past it's
airtime maintanence limits...)

(Haven't I seen US military drone a/c with the UV-xx designator, though?
Someone?)

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