1. Byeman Code Families
   • BIG (USAF Reconnaissance projects / missions ?)
   • BLACK (USAF Intelligence gathering projects ?)
   • BLUE (USAF Special electronics missions ?)
   • BRILLIANT (SDIO/BMDO projects ?)
   • CHALK (US Navy programs ?)
   • CLASSIC (US Navy Surveillance / C3I programs ?)
   • COBRA (Telemetry Intelligence / Surveillance of Missile tests ?)
   • COLD (USAF high altitude missions ?)
   • COMBAT (USAF Evaluation of new hardware, test missions ?)
   • COMMANDO (USAF Special operations ?)
   • COMPASS (USAF drone/RPV and SIGINT/ECM programs ?)
   • CONSTANT (USAF development projects / deployments ?)
   • COPPER (USAF advanced technology studies ?)
   • CORONET (USAF Electronic surveillance, and deployments ?)
   • CREEK (USAF deployments ?)
   • ...EYE (Weapons developed by Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA)
   • GIANT (USAF SAC missions and projects ?)
   • HAVE (DARPA/ARPA or Systems Command (Materiel Command) programs ?)
   • IRON (USAF anti-missile programs ?)
   • OLYMPIC (USAF reconnaissance / surveillance missions ?)
   • OUTLAW (US Navy Surveillance / C3I programs ?)
   • PACER (USAF modification and upgrade programs ?)
   • PAVE ('Precision Avionics Vectoring Equipment')
   • PEACE (US DoD Foreign Military Sales (FMS) / MAP programs ?)
   • PRAIRIE (US Navy Intelligence / SIGINT programs ?)
   • QUICK (US Army reconnaissance / SIGINT / ECM projects ?)
   • RETRACT (US Navy programs ?)
   • RIVET (USAF Electronic intelligence gathering aircraft ?)
   • SENIOR (USAF reconnaissance or stealth related aircraft / systems ?)
   • SILVER (USAF ELINT missions ?)
   • TEAL (Surveillance programs ?)
   • TRACTOR (US Army programs ?)
   • VOLANT (C-130 Hercules special missions ?)
2. Intelligence, Reconnaissance and Related Projects
   • U-2, TR-1 and ER-2 - missions and projects
   • A-12, M-21, D-21 and SR-71 - missions and projects
   • Aurora, TR-3 and other alledged black programs
   • Other intelligence and reconnaissance aircraft - missions and projects
   • Drones, UAVs and RPVs - missions and projects
   • Military Satellites - missions and projects
   • Other intelligence gathering systems - missions and projects
3. Other Projects, Programs and Missions
   • Missiles, Rockets, and Guided Bombs
   • Other Weapon Systems, Projects, Programs and Missions
   • Upgrade and Modification Programs
   • Operations, Record Attempts, Deployments and Missions
   • Exercises
   • Operations with Nuclear Weapons
   • Nuclear Tests
   • Other Code Words and Code Names
4. Foreign Military Equipment Code Names and Numbers
   • Japanese W.W.II Aircraft
   • Type series for Early Soviet Post W.W.II Aircraft
   • Soviet RD&T Aircraft
   • Soviet RD&T Missiles
   • Soviet Operational Missiles and Rockets
5. NATO Reporting Names (also used by USA, but not US specific)
   • Aircraft Reporting Names
   • Missile Reporting Names
   • Watercraft Reporting Names and Classes
   • Avionics / Systems / Radars Reporting Names

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