Precisely
It is not about numbers/size but how well it is covered by pictures at first.
By that yardstick North Korea or Syria are “small airforces” f.e. the limited pictures from that available in mind.
That is the correct idea. It’s primarily about the rarity of images. Kazakhstan has a rather sizeable air force, but images of their aircraft are worthy of enthusiasm. Then there are the ultimate treasures, images from truly small air forces that are also very rare, such as aircaft in Bhutanese or Sao Tome e’ Principe markings, or the attached Liberian Cessna Caravan, Tongan Beech Super 18, and Maldives Mi-8. North Korea and Syria do indeed have fairly substantial numbers of aircraft, but good images of them are prized indeed. A definitive statment of what constitutes a “small air force” is admittedly rather difficult to make, but in this context I think it’s anything that would cause a fan of this series of threads to drool in excitement. Reminds me of what one US Supreme Court justiice said about pornography, paraphrased for convenience- it’s difficult to define, but I know it when I see it.
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