Paraguayan Air Force (original) (raw)
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- Flag
- Air Force Commander Flag
- Introduction
- Roundel (plus fin flash)
- Detail of Fin Flash
- Historical Aircraft Markings
- Fuselage Marking (Roundel)
- Presidency Roundel See also:
- Flags of the Paraguayan Armed Forces
- Paraguay
Flag
The flag of Air Force is blue with its yellow emblem and its name written over the emblem in an arc with yellow letters.
Zoltán Horváth, 27 August 2024
Air Force Commander Flag
image by Zoltán Horváth, 27 August 2024
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The flag of Air Force commander is similar to those of the Air Force, but four yellow stars are placed over the emblem instead of inscription.
Zoltán Horváth, 27 August 2024
Introduction
The Fuerza Aérea del Paraguay was formed in 1927 as the Fuerzas Aéreas del Ejército Nacional Paraguayo and changed its name in 1932 to the Fuerzas Aéreas Nacionales del Paraguay. It was dissolved in 1938 and reformed in 1946.
Dov Gutterman, 22 Jun 2004
image by Nozomi Kariyasu, 4 August 2024
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Roundel (plus fin flash)
image by Nozomi Kariyasu, 4 August 2024
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Alternative design
image by Nozomi Kariyasu, 4 August 2024
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Detail of Fin Flash
image by Željko Heimer, 26 Oct 2002
According to the book [cos98], from 1929-1938 the wing tip had diagonal stripes of blue-white-red and the rudder had horizontal stripes of red-white-blue, with yellow star on the white stripes. Book [cos98] also reports that in 1945 the rudder stripes were converted into fin flash, without the star.Photo at AeroFlight.Co.UK shows a fin flash with yellow star. Note that photos in Insignia magazine (“Paraguayan Bombers in the Gran Chaco War”, i.e., 1928-1935) show the rudder stripes (even though without the star as a photo at AirLiners.NET). Hoowever, such fin flash is probably in use only on combat planes as seen at the FighterJocks website.
Dov Gutterman, 22 Jun 2004
Shown in [pay00]: Rectangular, 2:3, tricolour of red over white over blue with yellow five-pointed star in the middle white stripe (star not reaching the edges of it).
Željko Heimer, 26 Oct 2002
Shown also in Album 1995 recapitulative issue [pie95].
Željko Heimer, 27 Oct 2002
Historical Aircraft Markings
1945–1990
image by Nozomi Kariyasu, 4 August 2024
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1990–2013
image by Nozomi Kariyasu, 4 August 2024
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Navy
1990–
image by Nozomi Kariyasu, 4 August 2024
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Fuselage Marking (Roundel)
image by Željko Heimer, 26 Oct 2002
Variant roundel
image by Nozomi Kariyasu, 5 August 2024
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According to the book [cos98], this roundel was adopted in 1945. However, Insignia magazine shows the roundel well before 1945 in an article “Paraguayan Bombers in the Gran Chaco War” (1928-1935).
Dov Gutterman, 22 Jun 2004
Shown in [pay00]: Roundel of red-white-blue.
Željko Heimer, 26 Oct 2002
Shown also in Album 1995 recapitulative issue [pie95].
Željko Heimer, 27 Oct 2002
The book [cos98] also reports that the Naval air arm uses the same roundel but uperinposed by an anchor, and that the Army aviation uses it also, with no modifications.
Dov Gutterman, 22 Jun 2004
Excuse my ignorance on air force markings, but how is this roundel supposed to be different from the French Air Force one?
Santiago Dotor, 28 Oct 2002
Unofficial fuselage marking as of 1928-1935
image by António Martins, 11 Jan 2006
Insignia magazine reports an unofficial markings used in the Gran Chaco War era, 1928-1935, as «Red star on a White disc, with a central Blue dot with a White outline» (article “Paraguayan Bombers in the Gran Chaco War”).
Dov Gutterman, 22 Jun 2004
Presidency Roundel
image by Zoltán Horváth, 5 August 2024
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