Liberian military flags (original) (raw)
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- Ministry of National Defence
- Armed Forces
- Logistics Command
- Medical Command
- Training Command
- Armed Forces Band Unit
- Rank Flags
- Flag of a military authority
- Air Force
- Aircraft Marking See also:
- Liberia
- Liberian naval flags
Ministry of National Defence
image by Zoltan Horvath, 28 June 2024
Zoltan Horvath, 28 June 2024
Armed Forces
image by Zoltan Horvath, 28 June 2024
Zoltan Horvath, 28 June 2024
Logistics Command
image by Zoltan Horvath, 28 June 2024
Zoltan Horvath, 28 June 2024
Medical Command
image by Zoltan Horvath, 28 June 2024
Zoltan Horvath, 28 June 2024
Training Command
image by Zoltan Horvath, 28 June 2024
Zoltan Horvath, 28 June 2024
Armed Forces Band Unit
image by Zoltan Horvath, 28 June 2024
Zoltan Horvath, 28 June 2024
Rank Flags
The ranks and insignia of the Armed Forces are based on those of the United States, and are laid out in the Liberian Defense Act of 2008. The highest rank could be Lieutenant General, but currently the Chief of Staff is a Major General.
The rank flags are red with white stars arranged horizontally.
Lieutenant General
image by Zoltan Horvath, 28 June 2024
Image: https://mod.gov.lr/the-forces/chief-of-staff-cos-2/
Major General
image by Zoltan Horvath, 28 June 2024
Brigadier General
image by Zoltan Horvath, 28 June 2024
Flag of a military authority
image by Željko Heimer, 16 May 2002
Blue field with a white star above a shield of eleven vertical alternanting red and white stripes. (Source: [pie90])Note: the same flag appears aspresidential flagin Flaggenbuch (1939-1941) [neu92].
Ivan Sache, 01 Jun 1999
The flag once used as presidential apparently remained in use as the “military authorities”’ flag, after the distinctive presidential flag was introduced. What exactly were (are) those authorities, and how this flag was used (ensign, signal flag, rank flag?), it is not clear to me. As for other flags, I question if the flag is used currently.
Željko Heimer, 09 May 2002
Encyclopaedia Universalis Yearbook 1998 says:
Officially, all armed forces were disbanded in February 1997. The 10 000 members of the ECOMOG peace-keeping force shall withdraw in February 1998.
Ivan Sache, 10 May 2002
Air Force
image by Zoltan Horvath, 18 July 2024
The Liberian Air Force was formally dissolved in 2005 as part of the armed forces demobilization program, though it had effectively ceased to exist during the civil war. After 2003, only the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) operated military aircraft in Liberia. The Air Force formally re-established by Defense Act of 2008.
In 2018-19, two Liberian pilots were trained by the Nigerian Air Force, and the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces visited Ghana to discuss military cooperation opportunities, including those related to the re-establishment of an aviation capability.
The Liberian Air Force Ensign was light blue with national flag in the canton and with aircraft marking at the fly.
Zoltan Horvath, 28 June 2024
Aircraft Marking
Army Air wing roundel & fin flash 1976-1986
image by Zoltan Horvath, 27 June 2024
Army Air wing roundel 1986-
image by Zoltan Horvath, 27 June 2024
Roundel of red white and blue with white star in the middle and square “wings” of red - white - blue - white - red. Obviously, it was patterned after the US marking, just as the flag was some century and half earlier. [cos98] claims that the air units of Liberian army were formed in 1976, and used the flag as the marking, and that the current pattern was introduced in 1986.
Željko Heimer, 10 May 2002
Liberian Army Air Reconnaissance Unit was formed in 1976 and, according to WorldAirForces.com, got no machines since 1994. This roundel is most probably obsolete.
Dov Gutterman, 19 Jun 2004