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Estonia - Air Force Flag and Aircraft Marking

Last modified: 2008-08-09 by dov gutterman
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obverse
image by Miles Li, 2 August 2008


reverse
image by Miles Li, 2 August 2008



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Air Force Flag

The flag of the Estonian Air Force: The obverse is the same as on other army regimental colours: national flag with the greater coat-of-arms beneath the golden legend "EESTI KODU KAITSEKS" ("Estonian Home Defence"). The reverse is white with the Air Force badge beneath the golden legend "ÕHUVÄGI" ("Air Force"). Golden fringe, single sleeve on a white pole with a four-arched golden spearhead finial. Both badges from <www.mil.ee>.
Miles Li, 2 August 2008


Aircraft Marking


image by Željko Heimer, 24 August 2001

According to the French Navy Album, issue 2000 [pay00] - Aircraft Marking - Trinagular "roundel" of blue-black-white.
Željko Heimer, 24 August 2001

Estonian was first formed in 1918 as Lennuvae Rugement and renamed in 1925 to Eesti Lennuvagi and In 1928 to Eesti Ohukaitse until it was dissolved in 1940 and re-arranged in 1991 as Eesti Ohuvägi (homepage at <www.mil.ee>).
Same roundel is used since its begining and it was readopted in 1991: triangle in national colors. Rudder stripes in national colors are now fin flash. Above we show the triangle points up, however, <www.skytamer.com/estonia/01.htm> and <www.skytamer.com/estonia/03.htm> show it point down and [cos98] show it point backwards as it is on the planes.
For those who are interested, there are two articles in Insignia: Estonian Air Force 1918-40 and The DH9 in Estonian Military Service.
Dov Gutterman, 16 June 2004