No idea; it’s the only photo I’ve been able to find of a Yemeni Hind where the roundel is clearly visible.
Odd, faded, roundel on a Yemeni Mi-24.
No problem.
You might also be interested in this; I was reading the November 2001 edition of AirForces Monthly and found this YAF L-39. You can sort of make out the Emblem on the fuselage of it, and this photo would have been taken in 2001 or earlier.
Also attached are two photos of YAF L-39s photographed at Ukraine in 2006, with the Emblem much more visible.
I hope this is of interest!
Understood. I saw a photo of an Su-22M-4 described as being from the “late 2000s” in Tom Cooper’s book, and figured I’d mention it.
I’ve attached it below; source as mentioned is Hot Skies Over Yemen. Volume 2 by Tom Cooper, p. 14.
I also wanted to check given that “new” could refer to the Coalition-backed Yemeni Air Corps established during the Civil War. However, they’re only known to have AT-802s which appear to lack national insignia. Cooper also mentions “a few” Mi-8/17s in the new Air Corps’ service on page 59, but I’ve been unable to find anything to substantiate this.
I’ve attached a photo of their AT-802s, and a video of them can be viewed here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uahgtOUrAaY
Info on the new Yemeni Air Corps is pretty scarce overall, which was why I was unsure if they happened to be rehabilitating their Su-22s in your photos, or if the photos pre-dated the Civil War.
New roundel for Yemen
I’m unsure if you meant new as in post-unification, or new as in post-revolution, but that roundel has been in use since the late-2000s prior to the revolution.
Here it is on a MiG-29; source Hot Skies Over Yemen Volume 2 by Tom Cooper.
No problem! Please do share here if you find anything, as I lack a Facebook account.
Here’s a real head scratcher; this flag can be seen from a distance for all of a few seconds from a handful of shots in one scene in the 2015 movie No Escape. I had to pause the movie for almost an hour to scrounge around trying to find information on it, but it seems it was designed for the sole purpose of a few angles in this scene. Would’ve been easier to have just not included a fictional flag, frankly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9AMkk1aY-Q
Looks like some sort of hybrid between the Bhutanese dragon and Sri Lankan lion? You can see the design mirrored in black behind the door.
The helicopter is a MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 with the registration HS-SFB, the registration belonging to a helicopter of Si Chang Flying Service (SFS) out of Thailand, where the movie was filmed in. I’ve included it in it’s Thai colors. airport-data.com lists the helicopter as having been sold to New Zealand shortly after filming of the movie.
One of the planes shot down resulted in the death of the pilot who was an acquaintance of one of my cousins (that’s how I know about it).
I know I’m late to the discussion, but thank you very much for the information sheytanelkebir!
I’d been looking into this particular shoot down for months, since I frankly felt bad for the Iraqi Frogfoot pilots given how hopeless the situation was, and was genuinely curious whether they survived.
Assuming you’re still on key.aero; do you happen to know the deceased pilot’s name, or if the second Frogfoot pilot survived?