Last modified: 2005-08-26 by antonio martins
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During the commemeorations of the 50th jubilee of the Portuguese
Air Force was seen a medium blue flag charged in the top hoist with the
main charge of the Portuguese Air Force coat of arms and it's motto
scroll. I never seen that flag before — it may be or may be not an
offcial flag. During the commemorative period (June 2002) it shown in many
“civilian” situations — displayed alternately with the
national flag and the commemorative flag all round some
plazas (f.i., Praça do Relógio, in Lisbon)
António Martins, 31 Jul 2002
A vertical variant of this flag is visible in the background of a
parade on this
photo at the FAP website. (In this photo is also visible a
portuguese military color, here added with an
additional motto scroll.)
António Martins, 31 Jul 2002
The emblem of the air force is a golden eagle (with wings spread)
in a blue field.
João Madureira, 04 May 1998
The Portuguese Air Force coat of arms is azure an eagle displayed
or armed gules, portuguese aviation crown (golden with two visible
Christ Knight’s crosses, alternated with
three visible golden wing pairs), and white scroll with black motto
«Ex mero motu» («by its own motion»?).
António Martins, 31 Jul 2002
Recently, in June this year, the Portuguese Air Force completed 50 years and a commemorative logo was extensively used, i.a. in a logo-on-bedsheet flag, often used in “civilian” situations — displayed alternately with the national flag and the Portuguese Air Force flag all round some plazas (f.i., Praça do Relógio, in Lisbon), or hoisted bellow the very big national flag in the Vasco da Gama Tower (in Lisbon).
The commemorative logo is inscribed in a circle, with a medium blue contour showing three thrusting fighter planes and the figure 50, plus counterchanged letterings «Força Aérea Portuguesa», «anos» and «1952-2002»; centered overall, on a white disc, the Christ Knight’s cross, which is also the Portuguese Air Force roundel marking.
António Martins, 31 Jul 2002
Guidon of the portuguese Air Force Academy, a higher education
institution where future officers are bread.
António Martins, 26 Jun 2004
The flag is in blue, gold, and black, with the arms of the Academy
(the air force golden eagle with spread wings plus
two open books in gold in the chief), surrounded by a white circle bearing
the motto «E não menos por armas que por letras»
— roughly meaning «And not less by weapons as by books»,
and the initals "AFA" in white and black in each of the four corners.
João Madureira, 23 Apr 2003