Agreed

Logan Hartke, Thank you. You were dead on with your explanation of the criteria for inclusion of photos to this thread. I am just now getting back in my chair (from the floor) after Quadbikes comment:eek:. For his information, the Syrians are probably the most secretive of any air force in the world and as Logan said “very under-represented” in aviation photography to say the least. I don’t think that Quadbike really grasps the magnitude of what he is looking at here. A SYRIAN MIG-29!!!!! and apparently, not some photo-shopped phony either…..

FROGMAN

You’ve got my vote, too. By the way, what the hell is a “TurboKat”?

Nepalese Il-14

I wouldn’t guess two tone (even looking at Chris’ post)… both phots posted are extremely hi-contrast, and based on my experience with the older negs (good old Ortho and Pan film), that bird is overall white.

The scans come from publications (bummer really, since a helluva lot of detail and tone can and is lost due to half-toning of what may have been a poorly exposed/printed shot), it is almost impossible based on these pics (I have tried) to get a different read on the Nepalese markings (blue outline/red centre).

At best its a toss up between a blue or red cheat line, black titles… due to the re-re-re-scanned nature of the prints, the blue and black are simply showing up as near-identical tones.

Thanks. After looking at the close-up I have, I agree that it’s not two-tone. The registration looks to be the same color as the cheat line and the anti-glare panel, but this could be deceptive, because so does the red in the flag on the fuselage. Think I’ll go with a red registration, based on what I’ve seen in other images of Nepalese aircraft. I do also notice three characters running down the front of the flag. I’ve never seen these before on any other aircraft. Does anybody know for certain what they say? I looked up the Nepali alphabet, and came up with: न प ल. This is “na-pa-la” phonetically, which sounds suspiciously like “Nepal”.

Thanks!

Full pix of Mi-4 Nepal

Chris

Thanks for the great picture! Looks two tone to me, perhaps white top with light/medium grey under cheat line? I also presume the cheat line is an extension of the black anti-glare panel. Black registration on fuselage, red-white-red tail rotor striping, black lower/metal upper main rotor blades with yellow tips. Just guesses on my part, though. I would love to have more details.

PNG UH-1H

Do you have pics of their UH-1H?
Thanks

Here it is.

PNG Rudder Insignia

Does anybody have a clear image of the tail insignia worn by some PNG aircraft? It’s typically worn on the rudder, a gold/yellow bird on a green band. I’ve attached a photo of a PNG C-47 for reference. Thanks!

Noted and Corrected

Nope.. The Pilans are from Guatemala

Thanks. I made the correction.

Affirmative

Gkozak,

Your previous contributions have been very much appreciated by all of us, I am sure, but keep the USAF out of this thread. There are literally hundreds of unique “one-off” camo schemes and oddities that could be included here from the worlds large air forces if we went in that direction. Why start a trend that would inevitably morph this thread into something other than “SMALL AIR FORCES”??? As far as I know there is only one photo thread specifically dealing with Small air forces on the net and it would be a shame to have it dilluted with hundreds of USAF pics.

Much as I like that photo, it does not belong here.

FROG

Yeah, you’re right. Thanks for the reminder. I deleted the message.