Historic Air Forces

Sorry, Krishna, but I don’t succeed to open the URL of your book :apologetic:

In Gerard’ website, you also have an interesting page of such ones , ; click on the last § in the title ; ‘oud’ (=old)

and in THE wikipedia list ;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_air_forces#Former_countries_and_movements

friendly, Etienne

see the CORRECTIVE version of my post # 18 !! >> 167 Air Forces !

friendly, Etienne

COMMENTS/ “no aircraft” ?

I have been informed by AFM in another forum that the misisng country roundels is due to “no aircraft” in those countries

Well…:D it’s NOT really true ;

……………………………………Swaziland ;[ATTACH=CONFIG]220066[/ATTACH]………………… Comores Air Wing ;[ATTACH=CONFIG]220067[/ATTACH] (& also airliners.net # 0700889)

……………………………………………………………Gambia Su-25 (& other ones) ;[ATTACH=CONFIG]220068[/ATTACH]

…………………………………………………………… Liberia ; http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Liberian_Air_Force_Roundel.svg (i have a good ‘paper’ pic of a Cessna 208 with that marking: on request )

see on airliners.net for the other missing ones ; Iceland Coast Guard ; # 1548527 ( + many other ones)

………………………………………………………..; Luxemburg ; (oldie !); # 2282709
………………………………………………………………………& Lux/NATO ; # 2090653

……………………………..the newest country ; South Sudan ,; see post # 165 in ;http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?116842-Small-Air-Forces-Thread-15/page6

I’ve made an error in my post # 18, sorry ; I counted twice ‘Liberia’…. ( Liberia WAS a ‘mini’ A/F…)

Yes, Krishna, I’m also a big enthusiast ..

friendly, Etienne

Comments / RSS

about “Barbados Defence Force” ; forget it, a replace it by RSS ;http://www.vi.ngb.army.mil/html/J5_J7/rss.html

friendly,
Etienne

AFM World Air Forces POSTER…

:cool:Now I try to compare that poster with my situation of last year (see post #4 in this thread..)

Then were -IMO- 171 Air Forces…………BUT I didn’t count the RSS, nor deduct the 5 ‘historic ones ; Haiti, Fiji, Tonga, Somalia & Liberia… THUS >> 167 Air Forces

In the new poster there are 171 insignia !!:mad::D

BUT…..;
there are in fact ‘some’ differences between the two….

Let’s see … * to deduct ; 6 Navies & 1 Army (we are in Air Forces…!) (= 7)

……………… * to forget ; Abkhazia & Bhutan (= 2)

………………. * are missing (= 5) :confused: ;Cape Verde, Comores, Gambia, South Sudan, & Iceland

.(just to remember….historic ones ) ; Haiti, Fiji, Tonga & Somalia, Liberia (comments are welcome..)

in the new situation, it means ; 171 -9 + 5 = 167 !!

(would be better : ; Barbados >> RSS !!!
……………………..; NATO >> Luxemburg
not correct ; Angola, Seychelles, Monténégro,….) (see Gerard’s views )

………………>>>THUS, the final comparison is fully CORRECT….>>> 167 Air Forces

friendly, Etienne