List of NATO reporting names for fighter aircraft

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The Five Eyes Air Force Interoperability Council (AFIC) assigns[1] codenames for fighters and other military aircraft originating in, or operated by, the air forces of the former Warsaw Pact, including Russia, and the People's Republic of China.

When the system began the names were assigned by the Air Standardization Coordinating Committee (ASCC), made up of the English-speaking allies of the Second World War, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and two non-NATO countries, Australia and New Zealand. The ASCC names were adopted by the U.S. Department of Defence and then NATO. They have also become known as "NATO reporting names". The ASCC became the Five Eyes Air Force Interoperability Council and no longer has responsibility for generating reporting names.

NATO reporting name Common name
Faceplate Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-2
Fagin Chengdu J-20[2]
Fagot Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15[3]
Fang Lavochkin La-11
Fantail Lavochkin La-15
Fantan Nanchang Q-5/A-5
Fargo Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9
Farmer Shenyang J-6 and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19[4]
Feather Yakovlev Yak-15/Yak-17
Felon Sukhoi Su-57[5]
Fencer Sukhoi Su-24[6]
Fiddler Tupolev Tu-28/Tu-128
Fin Lavochkin La-7
Finback Shenyang J-8[7]
Firebar Yakovlev Yak-28P
Firebird Chengdu J-10[8]
Firkin Sukhoi Su-47
Fishbed Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
Fishcan Chengdu J-7[9]
Fishpot Sukhoi Su-9 and Su-11
Fitter Sukhoi Su-7 and Su-17/Su-20/Su-22
Flagon Sukhoi Su-15
Flanker Sukhoi Su-27/Su-30/Su-33/Su-35/Su-37 and Shenyang J-11/J-15/J-16
Flashlight Yakovlev Yak-25
Flatpack/Foxglove MiG MFI project 1.44/1.42
Flipper Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-150
Flogger Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 and MiG-27
Flora Yakovlev Yak-23
Flounder Xian JH-7
Forger Yakovlev Yak-38
Foxbat Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25
Foxhound Mikoyan MiG-31[10]
Frank Yakovlev Yak-9
Fred Bell P-63 Kingcobra
Freehand Yakovlev Yak-36
Freestyle Yakovlev Yak-41/Yak-141
Fresco Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 and Shenyang J-5
Fritz Lavochkin La-9
Frogfoot Sukhoi Su-25[11]
Fulcrum Mikoyan MiG-29/MiG-33/MiG-35
Fullback Sukhoi Su-32/Su-34[12]

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  1. ^ "Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed: The Supersonic Jet Fighter To Beat". PlaneTags. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  2. ^ "ODIN - OE Data Integration Network". odin.tradoc.army.mil. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
  3. ^ "ODIN - OE Data Integration Network". odin.tradoc.army.mil. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  4. ^ Planes known by both Soviet/Russian and Chinese designations are afforded two lines in the table to allow for sorting by all designations.
  5. ^ Demerly, Tom (1 November 2019). "NATO Code Name "FELON": Russian Su-57 Gets Its Reporting Name, And It Couldn't Be Better". theaviationist.com. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  6. ^ "ODIN - OE Data Integration Network". odin.tradoc.army.mil. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  7. ^ "ODIN - OE Data Integration Network". odin.tradoc.army.mil. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  8. ^ "ODIN - OE Data Integration Network". odin.tradoc.army.mil. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  9. ^ "CHINA EQUIPMENT" (PDF). Office of Naval Intelligence. United States Office of Naval Intelligence. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  10. ^ "ODIN - OE Data Integration Network". odin.tradoc.army.mil. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  11. ^ "ODIN - OE Data Integration Network". odin.tradoc.army.mil. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
  12. ^ "ODIN - OE Data Integration Network". odin.tradoc.army.mil. Retrieved 2023-10-02.