DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
BUREAU OF NAVAL WEAPONS
WASHINGTON 25. D.C.

BUWEPS 13100
RA-141
16 May 1963

BUWEPS NOTICE 13100

From: Chief, Bureau of Naval Weapons To: Distribution List

Subj: Model RA-5C Aircraft, establishment of model designation.

Ref: (a) BUWEPSINST 13100.7 of 18 Sep 1962, Subj: Designating, Redesignating and Naming Military Aircraft

1. Purpose. This Notice promulgates the redesignation of the Model A-5C aircraft to Model RA-5C.

2. Model Redesignation Establishment. The model redesignation of RA-5C has been approved for the current designation of A-5C (A3J-3). The RA-5C redesignation identifies the mission to be performed by the aircraft more clearly than the originally assigned A-5C designation.

3. Action. Effective immediately, all addressees concerned with Model RA-5C aircraft shall identify these aircraft in accordance with the subject model redesignation. This designation shall apply to all correspondence, aircraft service changes, specifications, records, publications and other official business.

4. Cancellation. - This Notice is cancelled upon receipt of next revision to reference (a), or for record purposes on 15 October 1963.

/S/
T. WASHINGTON, JR.
By direction