Malaysian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers
Copyright © 2004 Jos
Heyman
(HTML formatting by Andreas Parsch)
The Royal Malaysian Air
Force, known as Tentera Udara di Raja Persekutuan, was established on 1 June
1958. It was renamed as Tentara Udara Diraja Malaysia (TUDM) on 16 September
1963.
Initially aircraft were
serialled in the sequential order in which aircraft were received in a format
of FM (for Federation of Malaysia) followed by 4 numerials. Eg FM1001 was a
Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer, the first aircraft serialled under this system.
Later FM serials were assigned out of sequence, eg Australian CA-27 Sabres
carried an FM number based on their Australian serial, at first, and their
construction number, at a later date. Also at a later date, there is a
suggestion that serials were assigned in blocks, with the first two characters
identifying the type, eg two Fokker F-28s acquired in 1975 were serialled
FM2101 and FM2102 whilst the first batch of Lockheed Hercules, acquired in
1976, were serialled FM2401/2406.
In the mid 1980s a
designation system, not unlike the Australian designation system, was introduced
in which the aircraft type was identified by a M number, followed by a
sequential serial number. The M series was commence with M20 and all existing
aircraft were reserialled. The reason for commencing with M20 is not clear but
may have been a loose recognition that there had been aircraft type in service
before this new system was introduced. In general serial numbers have been
issued sequentially, although there has been one instance were sub-types were
assigned serials in block numbers.
|
M
Number |
Type |
Serials |
|
M20 |
Aerospatiale
Alouette III |
M20-01/29 |
|
M21 |
De
Havilland |
M21-01/18 |
|
M22 |
Canadair
CL-41G Tebuan |
M22-01/11 |
|
M23 |
Sikorsky
S-61A-4 Nuri |
M23-01/42 |
|
M24 |
H.S.
HS.125-400B |
M24-01/02 |
|
M25 |
Scottish
Aviation Bulldog 102 |
M25-01/13 |
|
M26 |
Bell
47G Sioux |
M26-01/08 |
|
M27 |
Cessna
402B Utililiner |
M27-01/12 |
|
M28 |
Fokker
F-28 |
M28-01/02 |
|
M29 |
Northrop
F-5E, F-5F, RF-5E, F-5E |
M29-01/14,
M29-15/18, M29-19/20, M29-21/22 |
|
M30 |
Lockheed
C-130H Hercules |
M30-01/16 |
|
M31 |
Canadair
CL-600 Challenger |
M31-01/02 |
|
M32 |
Douglas
TA-4PTM, A-4PTM |
M32-01/06,
M32-07/40 |
|
M33 |
Pilatus
PC-7 Turbo Trainer |
M33-01/44 |
|
M34 |
Macchi
MB.339AM |
M34-01/13 |
|
M35 |
Grumman
HU-16B Albatross |
M35-01/02 |
|
M36 |
Aerospatiale
AS 332L |
M36-01 |
|
M37 |
Dassault
Falcon 900 |
M37-01 |
|
M38 |
Agusta
A.109C |
M38-01/06 |
|
M39 |
Sikorsky-Agusta
AS-61NS Sea King |
M39-01/02 |
|
M40 |
BAe
Hawk 100, 200 |
M40-01/10,
M40-21/38 |
|
M41 |
Beech
200 Super King Air |
M41-01/04 |
|
M42 |
SME
MD3-160 |
M42-01/20 |
|
M43 |
Mikoyan
MiG-29N |
M43-01/18 |
|
M44 |
CASA-Nurtanio
CN-235 |
M44-01/06 |
|
M45 |
McDonnell
Douglas F/A-18D |
M45-01/08 |
|
M46 |
Sikorsky
S-70 Black Hawk |
M46-01/02 |
|
M47 |
Canadair
Regional Jet |
M47-01 |
|
M48 |
Canadair
BD700 Global Express |
M48-01 |
|
M49 |
Mil
Mi-17 |
M49-01/02 |
|
M50 |
Pilatus
PC-7 Mk 2 |
M50-01/09+ |
|
(M51) |
(No confirmed data; possibly
Eagle 150 ARV ?) |
|
|
M52 |
Bombardier
BD700 |
(not
taken up?) |
|
M53 |
Boeing
737-700BBJ |
M53-01 |
|
Earlier types not in M series |
||
|
|
Percival
Provost T.51 |
|
|
|
Handley
Page Herald |
|
|
|
NAA(CAC)
F-86 (CA-27 Sabre 32) |
|
|
|
Scottish
Aviation Pioneer CC.1,2 |
|
|
|
Scottish
Aviation Twin Pioneer |
|
Recently the Royal
Malaysian Navy, known as Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia (TLDM), has adopted a
similar designation system in the M500 series.
|
M
Number |
Type |
Serials |
|
M499 |
|
|
|
(M500) |
(No confirmed data; possibly
Beech 1900T ?) |
|
|
M501 |
|
M501-01/06 |
|
M502 |
Aérospatiale
AS555 Fennec |
|
|
Earlier types not in M series |
||
|
|
Beech
1900T |
|
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