Iraqi Air Force - Iraq (original) (raw)
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Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Iraqiya
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[](../images/i/iq^af.gif)image by Zoltan Horvath, 19 June 2014
- Overview
- The Flag
- Aircraft markings
- Royal Iraqi Air force roundel 1924-1931
- Royal Iraqi Air force roundel & fin flash 1931-1958
- Iraqi Air force roundel & fin flash 1958-1962
- Iraqi Air force roundel & fin flash 1962-1963
- Iraqi Air force roundel & fin flash 1963-1991
- Iraqi Air force roundel & fin flash 1991-2008
- Iraqi Air force roundel & fin flash 2008-2019
- Iraqi Air force roundel & fin flash 2019-
See also:
Overview
The Iraqi Air Force (IQAF) (Arabic: القوة الجوية العراقية; Al Quwwa al Jawwiya al Iraqiya) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Iraqi Armed Forces. The Iraqi Air Force was founded as RIrAF (The Royal Iraqi Air Force) on April 22, 1931 during the British rule of Iraq. Before the creation of the new air force, the RAF Iraq Command was in charge of all British Armed Forces elements in Iraq in the 1920s and early 1930s. After the 14 July Revolution in 1958 the Iraqi Air Force (IQAF) dropped the "Royal" from its name.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Air_Force
Esteban Rivera, 17 June 2014
The Flag
The flag is a light blue horizontal flag with the IQAF Coat of Arms in the middle, seen here in this video (at 1:10) from a BBC news report.
Image of flag. The flag looks like this.
Esteban Rivera, 17 June 2014
Aircraft Markings
Formed in 1931 as the Royal Iraqi Air Force, renamed in July 1958 to Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Iraqiya.
Dov Gutterman, 17 June 2004
Royal Iraqi Air force roundel 1924-1931
[](../images/i/iq^f24.gif) [](../images/i/iq^f24e.jpg)images by Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 June 2024
Royal Iraqi Air force roundel & fin flash 1931-1958
[](../images/i/iq^f31.gif) [](../images/i/iq^31e.jpg)images by Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 June 2024
Iraqi Air force roundel & fin flash 1958-1962
[](../images/i/iq^f58.gif)images by Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 June 2024
Sources: Military Aircraft Insignia of the World 1998 & 2014
Iraqi Air force roundel & fin flash 1962-1963
[](../images/i/iq^f62.gif) [](../images/i/iq^f62e.jpg)images by Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 June 2024
Iraqi Air force roundel & fin flash 1963-1991
[](../images/i/iq^f63.gif) [](../images/i/iq^f63e.jpg)images by Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 June 2024
Iraqi Air force roundel & fin flash 1991-2008
[](../images/i/iq^f91.gif) [](../images/i/iq^f91e.jpg)images by Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 June 2024
Iraqi Air force roundel & fin flash 2008-2019
[](../images/i/iq^f08.gif) [](../images/i/iq^f08e.jpg)images by Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 June 2024
Iraqi Air force roundel & fin flash 2019-
[](../images/i/iq^f19.gif) [](../images/i/iq^f19e.jpg)images by Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 June 2024