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Nicaragua - Air Force

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Recently I was looking through a book that includes a section on world airforces. The book is about WWII so some might be out of date. The Nicaraguan one is a blue circle rimmed in a band of red with a 'hollow' yellow triangle inside.
Rudi Roo, 17 April 2002

Formed in 1936 as Cuerpo de Aviación and became Fuerza Aérea de la Guardia Nacional on 9 June 1938, the Nicaraguan adopted markings of white triangle on blue disc bordered with red ring and red-white-blue horizontal rudder stripes
(<www.aeroflight.co.uk/nic-afround-old3.gif> and <www.aeroflight.co.uk/oldfin.gif>).
Aeroflight report: "1936-1942 - Prior to 1936 Nicaraguan military aircraft carried the national coat of arms on the fuselage. From 1936 a formal set of markings was introduced. The main marking featuring a white triangle on a blus disc with a red ring was displayed above and below each wing, with the tip of the triangle pointing forwards. The rudder was painted in horizontal stripes in the national colours. No fuselage roundel was carried.
According to [cos98], in 1942 the rudder stripes were changed to 13 blue-white horizontal stripes and a vertical yellow stripe. Aeroflight show only 7 stripes. and report: "In 1942 existing aircraft had their rudders markings modified to conform with the markings of aircraft recently delivered from the USA: seven horizontal blue stripes on white with a thin yellow stripe next to the hinge. No fuselage roundel was carried"   S
ame year and while keeping the previous roundel on the wings, there was a new roundel for the fuselage - a blue-yellow-red roundel (See Aeroflight) reporteed as:" 1942-c.1962 - With an influx of aircraft from the USA from 1942 onwards, the national markings were modified to a form which was easier to adapt from existing USAAF markings. A new fuselage roundel was introduced, the red in the USAAF rudder stripes was replaced by yellow and the wings markings were applied above and below each wing (as before). Most aircraft had GN and later FAN and the serial number applied on the fin, while many helicopters had GN and later FAN and the serial number applied on the fuselage. Some aircraft and helicopters just showed the serial number on the fuselage or tailfin."  
In 1962 the fuselage roundel was replaced to the insignia of the air corps. [cos98] show another insignian then Aeroflight. Theverical stripe was chnged to red (See Aeroflight) reported as follows: "From about 1962 the fuselage roundel was replaced by the insignia of the air force. The stripe next to the rudder hinge line was changed to red, although some ai