Russian aircraft code names.
 

I think the ASCC (?) still does this, although they are not so well published as before.
Tryhttp://www.designation-systems.net/non-us/soviet.html

I think your linked list includes some guesses and enthusiast allocated reporting names, like 'Flatpack', and 'Fulcrum-E'......

There are also anomalies. COOT A should have an M name as it is not a Cargo aircraft and actually is nearer a MAY than a COOT.

No-one has mentioned the dreaded ****e-Hawk.

Rubbish!

MAY (the MPA) was developed from COOT (the Transport aircraft ).

Yes, but Coot-A is not a cargo aircraft, any more than a Nimord R1 was:
https://theaviationist.com/wp-conten...terception.jpg

The ASCC is now long gone and new reporting designators abandoned. There were many ,sometimes amusing, anomalies over the years.
The Il -20 COOT A et. seq. nicknames (they weren't "code names") were in line with An-12 CUBs B,C and D which were dedicated recce/ELINT versions of the basic transport , indeed there were some similar versions of the Il-14 CRATE as late as the mid 70's.
The Il-38 MAY was a pretty major rework of the basic Il-18 airframe with a lot of fundamental external visual changes and so justified the new designator.
All history now.

Am I correct in remembering that ASCC codenames should be in capitals only? I think so, but it's been a while....

I await your understanding.

It isn't .

The Multirole Fighter Interceptor (MFI) got its 'Flatpack' name courtesy of 'Uncle Roger' AKA Roger Bacon, writing in Flight International's 'Straight & Level'.
MiG MFI - FlatPack

It's actually the aircraft that the BBC leases from Ivan to chase up people who do not have a TV license.
NATO has given it the code name 'ScrapLicense'

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....f896d226bc.jpg

For those who still don't know, the 'BBC' is Cyrillic for 'VVS'.

The markings mean Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily Rossii - 'Russian Air Force'.

I thought you had understood my point - a COOT A is not a Cargo aircraft but has a non-cargo mission hence could have been given an M name. I used May as an example, maybe Candid, Mainstay and Midas would be been more obvious.

PN did you read my #8?

Yes, agreed with that entirely. It highlights that the nickname for elint often does reflect the mission.

The new Sukhoi SU-57 has a code name FELON.
So why not the Tupolev TU-214R in my original question?
Thanks for your time and trouble
David

For AvgasDinosaur:
The nomenclature of military aircraft is a suitable topic for this forum.
Carry on.

What is MiG-57???

As a general remark.
Arrogant Pentagon strategists who give names to Russian planes while picking their noses sitting in armchairs, seem to have quite a limited vocabulary. All the nicknames they come up with sound like a street slang of guys who hardly finished school.

I recall Tu-22 was once given a reporting name "Beauty" which was found too complimentary and quickly changed to "Blinder".