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Philippines Air Force

by Jay Allen Villapando, 8 February 2005

Description of the flag
Aircraft markings

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Description of the flag

The Philippine Air Force Flag has the same ratio as the Philippine National Flag. It has a field of air force blue (royal blue) defaced with the seal of the Philippine Air Force (PAF): a circular inscription with the legend "Hukbong Paghihimpawid ng Pilipinas" (Air Force of the Philippines - Philippines Forces Aerial, to be literal) in white letters, a yellow five-pointed star preceding each word in the legend, representing Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao; a smaller white circle enclosing the Philippine air force symbol, a lozenge with a red border, and a white border in turn surrounding a navy blue diamond; the lozenge having on either side stylized wings in yellow.
Manuel L. Quezon III, 11 February 2002

Aircraft markings

The Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas (Philippine Air Force) was formed in 1935 as Philippine Constabulary Air Corps; it was dissolved in 1941 and reformed in 1945. Cochrane & Elliott (1998) reported that between 1935 and 1941 it used a lozenge of red-white-blue as a marking (and also as a fin flash). The new roundel (below) created by adding blue-bordered white wings to the previous roundel was adopted in 1945 and used until today. There was an early version to this roundel with bars
Dov Gutterman, 22 June 2004

by Željko Heimer

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