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by Jaume Ollé, 5 November 2001
See also:
I located the Air Force flag
at <elpibe.urc.net.co>.
Esteban Rivera , 19 May 2000
The flag with the crest and white background seems to be the
official one. They probably changed it since I remember
seeing the same coat of arms but on a different background (more
like a light blue one). In every TV appearance of the Air Force
flag, I have always seen that flag.
Esteban Rivera, 30 May 2000
Photo of the flag at <www.fac.mil.co/simbolos>,
arms at <www.fac.mil.co>.
Jaume Ollé, 24 November 2001
by Jaume Ollé, 5 November 2001
Light blue, the national flag in the canton, the air force
roundel (8 points star) in the fly.
Source: Christian Fogd Pedersen: Moussault's lexicon
van vlaggen en wapens (Alverdens flag i farver), 1980 [ped80].
Mark Sensen , 22 June 1997
Air Force ensign: Light blue field with national flag in
canton and roundel (5 points star) at lower fly
Source: Album des Pavillons (1995) [pay].
Ivan Sache , 12 August 1999
I have two books on roundels, both of which say that the star
has had five points since the nineteen-fifties. One says that
before that time the star had ten points
John Ayer, 14 September 1999
From <www.geocities.com/Pentagon/7978/facres/simbolos.htm>:
ENSIGN (Roundel): This is the ensign that the Colombian Air Force
uses since 1950 in all and each one of its aircraft which goes by
the following pattern: On top of the left side (wing), below the
right side (wing) and on the tail, one on each side. In the
middles it has a five-pointed white star and on its borders is
the national tricolor inverted.
Esteban Rivera, 30 May 2000
In Znamierowski's book [zna99]
at p. 85: the text states: "...and Colombia have the air
force emblem in the centre", but the picture shows the air
force flag with the roundel, not an air force emblem
Marcus Schmoger, 16 July 2000
The image is probably of the old flag at top and the text is
about the Air Force New Flag
Dov Gutterman, 17 July 2000
The Album 1995 issue [pay] show
another flag wich is omitted from Album 2000 [pay00], but I think only due to the
editorial policy and not because the flag is obsolete. That is
the Air Force Ensign, of the clasical pattern - light blue with
the national flag in canton and the roundel in fly. I think that
this flag is not obsolete indicated, and that the Air Force flag
of different design does not replace it - this other flag serve
entirely different function - it is the flag of the Air Force as
a branch of the defence forces, in the same way as there are
similar flags for other branches.
Zeljko Heimer, 23 May 2001
by Jaume Ollé, 5 November 2001
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by Jaume Ollé, 5 November 2001
This is the Colombian Air Force's Crest. It reads "Sic
Itur Ad Astra", which means "Like this you go to the
stars".
Esteban Rivera , 19 May 2000
From <www.geocities.com/Pentagon/7978/facres/simbolos.htm>:
THE EAGLE OF GULES: She was made the symbol of aviation
itself. As the queen of all birds she is the symbol of the
empire that the AIR ARM exerts over Colombian skies, winds and
storms; she is a living image of the power and freedom of our
fatherland. Her color is gules or blood and/or fire red, that war
or martyr heroes have; it speaks clearly about the transparence
and energy of love. It also shows the strength of the
spirit and and the ability to dread, primary virtues of those who
are part of the Colombian Air Force and incarnates in its blason
, manhood, victory, valor, ellegance and courage. The center of
the crest is in Azure (Turqueoise Blue) with an horizontal chief
that holds two sabre blades, meaning guard, truth, loyalty
and beautifulness. Its title, also in gold, says "SIC ITUR
AD ASTRA" which translates "Like this you reach the
heigths". The golden color symbolizes the "light
and commitment, the greatness and wisdom". This is, at a
glance, the formidable heraldry of the crest that was made into
the symbol of our institution. Its motto was taken from
Eneida de Virgilio in his book IX, Chapter V. The crest's origin
was from a contest promoted by the Colonel Arturo Lema Posada,
then commander of the military aviation and formalized by the
Decree No. 2963 of the 26th of December of 1944, being President
of the Republic Alfonso López Pumarejo and Minister of War
(Today Minister of Defense), General Domingo Espinel.
Esteban Rivera , 30 May 2000
Version with 8 points star
by Zeljko Heimer, 23 May 2001
Version with 5 points star
by Zeljko Heimer, 23 May 2001
According to [pay00] -
Aircraft Marking - A note to the figure explains that the
national flag is painted on the fin as Fin Flash.
The marking is a roundel divided horizontally and lower part
again vertically in yellow, blue and red and in the center
covered with a disk divided horizontally in red, blue and yellow
(yellow covering the whole lower half), and over it in the middle
a white star. The star is a five-pointed star in Album 2000. In
Album 1995 the star is of eight points, and as far as I have
observed - ight-pointed star is preffered star shape throughout
the Colombian history - so I am inclined to believe that the
five-pointed star in Album 2000 might be an error. Other source
by hand is [zna99] with
eight-pointed star also.
Zeljko Heimer, 23 May 2001
According to Cochrane - military aircraft insignia , the star
was changed to 5 points in 1953. Wheeler Aircraft Markings also
gives 5 points in 1986.
Armand du Payrat, 25 May 2001
by Jaume Ollé, 5 November 2001
Fuerza Aerea Colombiana uses a thiner vertion of the
national flag as its fin flash.
Source: B. C Wheeler, An Illustrated Guide to Aircraft
Marking (1986) [whe86].
Dov Gutterman , 8 October 1999
