List of NATO reporting names for fighter aircraft

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]
Fanfare	Swizel Sa-51 and Sukhoi Su-41 Burya^[4]
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^[5]
Feather	Yakovlev Yak-15/Yak-17
Felon	Sukhoi Su-57^[6]
Fencer	Sukhoi Su-24^[7]
Fiddler	Tupolev Tu-28/Tu-128
Fin	Lavochkin La-7
Finback	Shenyang J-8^[8]
Firebar	Yakovlev Yak-28P
Firebird	Chengdu J-10^[9]
Firkin	Sukhoi Su-47
Fishbed	Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
Fishcan	Chengdu J-7^[10]
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 and Swizel Sa-187 Stordek
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^[11]
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^[12]
Fulcrum	Mikoyan MiG-29/MiG-33/MiG-35
Fullback	Sukhoi Su-32/Su-34^[13]

See also

• NATO reporting name

Notes

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. "ODIN - OE Data Integration Network". odin.tradoc.army.mil. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
5. Planes known by both Soviet/Russian and Chinese designations are afforded two lines in the table to allow for sorting by all designations.
6. 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.
7. "ODIN - OE Data Integration Network". odin.tradoc.army.mil. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
8. "ODIN - OE Data Integration Network". odin.tradoc.army.mil. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
9. "ODIN - OE Data Integration Network". odin.tradoc.army.mil. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
10. "CHINA EQUIPMENT" (PDF). Office of Naval Intelligence. United States Office of Naval Intelligence. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
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.
13. "ODIN - OE Data Integration Network". odin.tradoc.army.mil. Retrieved 2023-10-02.