Hi Guys!
Maldives!:)

The Dhruv is indeed from the Maldives, but the Hip, unfortunately, is not- it’s Indian. Anybody know of any plans to release a kit of the Dhruv, by the way?

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this is a view of an ex-Fijian B-707
(airliners.net photo # 0662963) :

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Kuala Lumpur – Subang / Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SZB / WMSA)
Malaysia, June 1981

N705PA (cn 17686/124) Shot of the impounded 707. Check out titles of Royal Fiji Military…. Still searching for the side shot. ( !! )

BUT…. WAS IT REALLY A MILITARY ONE ? ………. I’m not convinced !

Can you read the word after Royal Fifi…. ?
I’d like to see the full title !
Can you help ? :confused:

I’m looking also for pics of their nowadays Harbin Y-11

This is just to complete -& try to end 😎 – my collection of world’s (171) Air Forces.
(my other missing country is Bhutan…. see avatar )

friendly yours,

ETIENNE

This is a superb and extremely interesting photo- thanks much for posting it. I am virtually 100% positive that the entire logo reads, “Royal Fiji Military Forces”. This is their name for their armed forces. I have also attached another rear/side view of this aircraft. The color values are not as good, but is does show the number N705PA to the rear of the rear door.

Yes, Bhutan is now my “holy grail” as well. If anybody finds a picture of any aircraft from their armed forces, please post it here asap!

Another one that has been very elusive is Sao Tome e Principe. I have posted some interesting photos that I found, though, the only ones of aircraft with national insignia. Though the Do-228 is a civilian aircraft, serving with the airline Africa’s Connection, it is the only aircraft from that country that I have seen marked as such. Then again, as with most very small countries, I figure that their aircraft could, and very likely would, be “requisitioned” for military service if necessary.

Also, a New Zealand UH-1H sporting the old “fern” roundel, NZ3809…

…and some unusual South American subjects. Venezuela DC-4, and de Havilland Dove (never knew they used this one), Bolivia T-25 Universal and A-122 Uirapuru, and Argentine Army SVH-3.

Typ: CASA C-101 Aviojet
Operator: Honduras – Air Force
SN: FAH-238

Source: airliners.net

(click for large version)

What is it with Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador? Why do their aircraft quickly end up looking so worn and shoddy? It’s not like they see any real action.

A Sudanese Jet Provost, with early national markings. Also, a South African T-6 in interesting camo, as well as an uncharacteristically neat and clean UH-1H from El Salvador.

Intriguing; from the right in the background ( on the apron ) there is a single-engined trainer ( T-6? ), a pair of H-21s, something that looks like a Cessna Bobcat ( silver ) and then is that a Helio Twin-Courier on the left in line with the end of the hangar?!

From that eclectic mix ( and the fact that the H-21s were based with Pacific-side Army squadrons ) I would have placed that photo in SE Asia.

Thoughts?

Fascinating photo.

Congo actually used a few H-21s; there is a recent SAFO Magazine article about that. As for the T-6, they were also used by Congo. The Bobcat I am not sure about, but it does look like one in the photo. And your eyes must be much better than mine- I’ve looked for the Twin-Courier, and still can’t see it!

Does anybody have pictures of aircraft from the air force of Upper Volta, with the red-white-black roundels and fin flashes? I am interested particularly in their C-47s, Alouette IIIs, and Cessna 150s, 172s, and 337s. I already have images of their HS-748s and Nord N-262 Fregates. Any help would be much appreciated.

Speaking of Brunei, here’s a couple of Blackhawks in action, from http://www.pprune.org. Still looking for a good image of that fuselage marking on the Whirlwind…

Looks like an Egyptian flag on that tail too.

It’s Syrian. Their flag from 1972-1980 looked much like the Egyptian flag.