When was the Tri Service System first used by the Army, Navy, Air Force, and so on? - question from name withheld
We have covered the Tri-Service System, a naming convention applied to aircraft and missiles, in three previous
questions. The first described the system used for aircraft and compared the
current system to previous ones used by the Army Air Corps and Navy. Another question dealt with some of the more
notable exceptions to the standrad system that have cropped up since its
inception. We also explained the system as it is applied to rockets and
missiles. Each of these past discussions indicates that the Tri-Service System was adopted in 1962.
- answer by Jeff Scott, 15 September 2002
