Air Force Rank Flags (Thailand)

Royal Thai Air Force

Last modified: 2010-02-27 by ian macdonald
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• Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force
• Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, 1936-?
• Marshal of the Air Force
• Air Chief Marshal
• Air Marshal
• Air Vice Marshal
• Air Commodore

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• Air Force Flags and Fin Flash
• Military Flags
• Thailand

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• Royal Thai Air Force
• Scramble - Dutch Aviation Society

image by Suttipong Phuensaen, 19 Apr 2007

From the Singha Beer source:

The Flag of the Commander-in-Chief of the Airforce (B.E.2482) [1939 AD]
This is a rectangular blue flag, its height measuring 5/2 of its length. In the middle stands a flaming yellow Chakkra, flanked on either side by a pair of yellow wings. Above the Chakkra itself stands the Royal Crown.

The flag first made an appearance following a Royal Decree, issued in B.E.2479 [1936 AD], concerning flags. It was known as the "Flag of Commander-in-Chief of the Airforce". Nowadays, however, use of the flag has been discontinued.

Santiago Dotor, 5 November 1999

This site seems to indicate that the Commander-in-Chief's flag is still in use and that it may have a small ornamental border.

Jan Mertens, 02 Sep 2003

It does have a yellow border. My former website (now sadly closed down) used to have a photo of a Change of Command ceremony which clearly showed the yellow border.

Miles Li, 02 Sep 2003