Military Tail Number Qustion

FlightAware General
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Is there someplace where one can check a military tail number?
I recently saw a small jet with the notation VM 6374 on it, but no indication as to which service it belonged.

2

Google search revealed globemaster.de/tailcodes.html

I didn’t get any hit on your number, but when I type just vm in, it gave me a hit for branch.

Allen

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Thanks. I’d really like to find out what kind of jet it was, any idea what kind of small (non-fighter) jets they use?

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It’s 166374 a Cessna UC-35D Citation V reported to be msn 0592 previously N5180C. USAF aircraft do not as a rule display the entire serial number, so a bit of sleuthing is usually needed. Joe Baugher’s site is invaluable for this: home.att.net/~jbaugher/ . However, since this is a USMC plane the full serial is carried in small font under the tailplane - same as USN.

Just to confirm, was it this one ? airliners.net/open.file/1198642/M/

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It sure looks like it, except it was a blue-gray rather than white.

Thanks for the information!

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The Marine Corp has several birds in the light grey/bue paint scheme with subdued markings. Definitely the coolest paintjob on a CE-560 series airplane.

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[ 166500 ] ](Cessna UC-35D Citation Encore (560) - USA - Marines | Aviation Photo #0669236 | Airliners.net) US Marines Cessna Citation Ultra (UC-35D)