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The Belize Defence Force Air Wing was formed in 1983 and based
at Belize City.
Album 2000 [pay00] reports about
a roundel as rectangular "Roundel" in
ratio apparently 2:3, based on the nationa flag design, but with
red stripes noticably whider (each being about 1/5 of the height)
and the white disk being without Coat of Arms and an odd Fin Flash with the Union Jack. Military Aircraft
Insignia of the World [c2e98]
reports the national flag as roundel and fin flash (see <wwwskytamer.com>).
Aeroflight (<www.aeroflight.co.uk>)
follow [c2e98] and report the
marking as of "1983-Present".
Photos of BDF planes at <www.scramble.nl>
show no roundel (maybe under the wings?) but show clearly a
national flag as fin flash.
Dov Gutterman, 12 june 2004
image from <www.bdf.bz>
Symbols (logo, flag and wings) of BDF's Air Wing at <www.bdf.bz>.
The flag is divided per saltire, white and sky-blue, charged with
BDF Air Wing logo in center.
According to this web site: "The air wing flag is a
representation of the air wings role and identity within the
Belize Defense Force. The flag is centered by the air wing’s
logo which give meaning to the objective of the air wing as a
part of the BDF and overall its service to the country of Belize.
This service is further emphasized in the colors which make up
the borders and body of the flag. The white implies the
support of peace to the civil authorities of our beloved Belize.
The white is joined with the blue in a crossed pattern implying
the security which we enforce in the skies and over the seas in
support of the civil well being of our nation.
Ivan Sarajcic, 30 August 2007
image by Željko Heimer, 4 March 2001
According to 'Pavillons nationaux et marques distinctives' [pay00], the aircraft
"roundel" (it's rectngular here) is in approximation
equal to the "roundel" used by Lao aircrafts (page LA
1.1, that is is equal to Lao national flag). The difference is
only in colour shade of blue (which is given as approximation in
both cases, and both are quite similar dark blue shades) and in
minor details of construction (width of stripes and size of disk
is different but not to "significant" amount. Belize
aircrafts have, of course, on a fin flash the same
"roundel" defaced with large Union Jack, and Lao
aircrafts presumably have it not (wheather they have anything
else, it is not noted). In few words, Belize uses Lao flag for
its roundel.
Željko Heimer, 9 January 2001
Aircraft Marking - Rectangular "roundel" in ratio
apparently 2:3, based on the nationa flag design, but with red
stripes noticably whider (each being about 1/5 of the height) and
the white disk being without Coat of Arms. In effect, it looks
very much flag the flag of Laos, and as I pointed out earlier,
appart from slightly darker shade of Lao blue, equal to the
Aircraft marking of Laos.
Željko Heimer, 4 March 2001
image by Željko Heimer, 4 March 2001
Fin Flash Marking.- The fin flash marking is similar to
aircraft marking above with th Union Jack set over it, so that it
height is equal to the height of the blue field (thus in effect
covering the white disk of the aircraft marking). The different
shade of the Belizean blue from the Union Jack blue is clearly
visible in Album image (and in mine even more so), but in
reallity I doubt that any difference could be observed.
Željko Heimer, 4 March 2001
