Roundel
Deutsch: Flugzeugkokarde oder -abzeichen bezeichnen Hoheitszeichen auf militärischen Luftfahrzeugen, die i. d. R. in den Nationalfarben gehalten sind.
English: A roundel is a distinctive mostly round logo or marking, most commonly painted on military aircraft to indicate which air force (or sometimes navy or army) they belong to.
Italiano: Una coccarda è un distintivo ottico applicato solitamente su velivoli e veicoli militari per indicarne l'apparteneza.
Nederlands: Een roundel is een onderscheidingsteken, meestal een rond logo, dat vooral op militaire vliegtuigen aangebracht wordt, zodat het duidelijk is tot welke krijgsmacht (en krijgsmachtonderdeel) het vliegtuig behoort. Zie ook Roundels van de wereld.
Polski: Oznaczenia militarne jednostek latajacych (samolotów, smiglowców, itp.), pozwalajace na identyfikacje przynaleznosci panstwowej.
Русский: Рондо — это логотип, используемый военно-воздушными силами для отличения своих воздушных судов от чужих.
Español: La escarapela aeronáutica o escarapela aérea es el emblema aeronáutico militar de nacionalidad y se utiliza en las distintas fuerzas aéreas como distintivo para indicar nacionalidad en los aviones o aeronaves.
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Algeria
1962 - 1964
As per present roundel but with green white and red horizontal bars of differing lengths -
Algeria
1964 - present
Green and white vertically divided disk superimposed with red star and crescent -
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Austria
1914 - 1918
Rudder striping -
Austria
1914 - 1918 (1920)
Navy
Wing striping
Applied alongside iron cross insignia, not universal -
Austria
1915 - 1918
Navy
Rudder striping -
Austria
1918 -
Austria
1936 - 1938 -
Austria
1936 - 1938
Rudder striping -
Austria
1938 - 1945 -
Austria
1938 - 1945 -
Austria
1938 - 1945 -
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1938 - 1945 -
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Belarus
1992 (?)
Soviet style red star -
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Bhutan
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Biafra
1967 - 1970
Breakaway state from Nigeria -
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China (ROC)
1916 - 1920 -
China (ROC)
1920 - 1921 -
China (ROC)
1920 - 1921
Rudder stripes -
China (ROC)
1928 - 1990s
Kuomintang roundel used by ROCAF -
China (ROC)
1990s - present
modified - differentiate from Kuomintang -
China (ROC)
2010 - present
Low visibility -
China (ROC)
2010s - present
Fin flash -
Republic of China-Nanjing
1940 - 1945
Used by the Japanese puppet government in Nanjing -
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Congo (DR)
1960 - 1964 -
Congo (DR)
1964 - 1972 -
Congo (DR)
2006 - present -
Costa Rica
1948 - 1949 -
Costa Rica
1948 - 1949
Air surveillance -
Côte d'Ivoire
1961 - present
Basic tri-color roundel used since independence -
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Independent State of Croatia
1944 - 1945
Wings and fuselage. Deliberately similar - German markings -
Independent State of Croatia
1944 - 1945
Fin flash -
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Croatia
1991 - 1994
Fuselage and wings
1994 - present
Fin flash
post-independance Coat of Arms, often in monochrome. -
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Cuba
1928 - 1955
1962 - Present -
Cuba
1959 - 1962 -
Cuba
1955 - 1959 -
Cuba
1928 - 1955
1962 - Present
Naval aviation -
Cuba
1928 - 1955
1962 - Present
Fin flash -
Cuba
1928 - 1955
1962 - Present
Fin flash (variant) -
Czechoslovakia
1918 - 1920 -
Czechoslovakia
1918 - 1920 -
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Denmark
1914-1940 -
Denmark
1940-1945 -
Denmark
1945 - -
Denmark
1914-1940
Fin Flash, not universal -
Denmark
1914-1940
Fin Flash, not universal -
Denmark
1945 -
Fin Flash -
Denmark
1945 -
Fin Flash -
Djibouti
1983 - present
Used since independence -
Djibouti
1983 - present
Fin flash
National flag is used on the fin -
Dominican Republic
1933 - present
Crossed roundel
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Ecuador
1920 - present
Since its foundation, Ecuador's air force has used this roundel with an exaggerated yellow band -
Ecuador
1967 - present
Ecuadorean Navy
The Navy superimposes an anchor and eagle motif on the air force roundel -
Egypt
1932 - 1939 -
Egypt
1939 - 1945 -
Egypt
1945 - 1958
Post-war Egyptian aircraft carried a simple green and white roundel -
Egypt
1945 - 1958
Alternate -
Egypt
1961 - 1972 -
Egypt
1972 - present
In 1972, the stars were dropped from the United Arab Republic roundel (see below), and a simple three-color roundel has been used -
Egypt
1972 - present
Fin flash
In 1972, the new national flag was adopted as a fin flash -
Equatorial Guinea
Modern -
El Salvador
1922 - present
Since its foundation the air force has used a simple roundel -
Eritrea
1994 - present
tri-color roundel -
Estonia
1918 - 1940 -
Estonia
1991 - present -
Ethiopia
1946 - 1974 -
Ethiopia
1946 - 1974
(Type 2) -
Ethiopia
1974 - 1985 -
Ethiopia
1985 - 1996 -
Ethiopia
1996 - 2009(?)
A three-color roundel featuring a five pointed star -
Ethiopia
1996 - 2009(?)
(Type 2) -
Ethiopia
2009(?) - present -
EUFOR
2004 - present
Authorized, but not used on aircraft as yet -
Eurofighter Consortium
1986 - present
This roundel combined the four participating nations (Germany, Italy, Spain, & UK) and was used on development aircraft
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Finland
1918
Air Force
Blue swastika -
Finland
1918
Air Force
Fin flash -
Finland
1918 - 1945
Air Force
Blue swastika until April 1945 -
Finland
1944 - 1945
Air Force
Low visibility version -
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Finland
1945 - present
Simple white and blue roundel -
France
1912 - 1940
Air Force
The world's first aircraft roundel in red, white, and blue -
France
1925 - 1940
Navy
A black anchor was superimposed over the air force roundel for naval aircraft -
État français
1940 - 1945
Air Force -
État français
1940 - 1945
Navy -
France
1945 - present
Air Force
After the war, the roundel was changed by darkening the blue and lightening the red -nes -
France
1945 - present
Navy
As before a superimposed black anchor was used for the navy -
France
1991 - present
Navy
Low visibility
A -ned down version was adopted for use on the Rafale
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Gabon
1960 - present
A simple tri-color roundel has been used since independence -
Georgia
1991 - 2004 -
Georgia
2004 - 2021 -
Georgia
2021 - present -
Germany
1914 - 1918 -
Germany
1916-March 1918 -
Germany
April-May 1918 -
Germany -
Germany
June-November 1918 -
Germany
1935 - 1945 -
Germany
1940 - 1945 -
Germany
1939 - 1945
Fin flash -
Germany
1955 - present
The modern insignia of the Bundeswehr's Luftwaffe is the Iron Cross -
Germany (East)
1949 - 1959
Diamond roundel used on aircraft (wings/fin flash) -
Germany (East)
1959 - 1990
Diamond roundel used on aircraft (wings/fin flash) -
Germany (East)
1959 - 1990
Round version for Border Troops military vehicles and equipment -
Germany (East)
1979 - 1990
Round version for military vehicles and equipment -
Ghana
1959 - 1964
1966 - present
A simple tri-color was adopted at independence -
Ghana
1964 - 1966
For a brief period the yellow was re-colored white -
Greece
1919 - present
Simple blue and white roundel -
Greece
1919 - present
Fin flash -
Greece
1978 - present
Military vehicles roundel -
Guatemala
1923 - 1939
1947 - present
Roundel is similar - the early US roundel in blue and white -
Guatemala
1939-1947
Roundel altered - a 6-pointed star -
Guinea
1962 - present
Tri-color roundel -
Guinea-Bissau
1978 - present
Red disc with black five point star superimposed -
Guyana
1968 - present
Simple three color roundel
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Haiti
1942 - 1964 -
Haiti
1964 - 1986 -
Haiti
1986 - 1994 -
Honduras
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India
1947 - 1950
Ashok Chakra roundel used prior - India becoming a republic -
India
1950 - present
Simple three color roundel -
India
1947 - present
Fin flash -
Indonesia
1946 - 1949 -
Indonesia
1949 - 1954 -
Indonesia
1954 - present
Air force aircraft have a white pentagon outlined in red -
Indonesia
1954 - present
Army aircraft add a black or yellow five pointed star in the pentagon -
Indonesia
1954 - present
Navy aircraft add a black anchor within the pentagon -
Iran
1922 - present
A simple three color roundel -
Iraq
1931–2004
2019 - present
Stylized Arabic letter ج (for جيش "army") in triangle in Pan-Arab colors. -
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Ireland
1939-1954
Original "Celtic Boss" roundel did not include white -
Ireland
1922-1923
At the formation of the Irish Air Corps, a conventional roundel with the Irish colours was used -
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Israel
present
Low visibility version removes white background and is simply blue Star of David on fuselage -
Israel
Early Variant
Roundel originally was surrounded by a blue ring -
Italy
1922 - 1943 -
Italy
1940 - 1943 -
Italy
1940 - 1943 -
Italy
1929 - 1943 -
Italy (RSI)
1944 - 1945 -
Italy (RSI)
1943 - 1945 -
Italy -
Italy -
Italy
Fin flash
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Jamaica
1963 - present
The Jamaican Defence Force uses a simple tri-color roundel -
Japan
1915 - present
Japanese aircraft use a red disc representing the rising sun -
Jordan
1949 - present
Roundel of black, white, and green rings with superimposed red quarter with white seven point star
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Katanga
1960 - 1963 -
Kazakhstan
1991 - present
Most Kazakh aircraft have had national symbols of the sun and eagle superimposed on the red star -
Kenya
1964 - present
Kenya uses a tri-color roundel with thin white interspersing bands -
Korea (North)
1948 - present
Used since the foundation of the air force -
Korea (South)
1950s - 2000s
Based on the US roundel, using the blue and red Yin Yang symbol from the national flag -
Korea (South)
2000s - present
The roundel was altered - better reflect the national flag -
Kuwait
1961 - present
Kuwait uses a four color roundel, though it has rarely been applied since the 1991 Gulf War -
Kyrgyzstan
1991 - present
Insignia representing the sun and a yurt (tent) is used
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Latvia
1918 - 1940
Prior - Soviet annexation, a red Ugunskrusts was used -
Latvia
1918 - 1940 -
Latvia
1918 - 1940 -
Latvia
1918 - 1940
Zemessardze -
Latvia
1918 - 1940
Aizsargi -
Latvia
1941 - 1945
German puppet state in Latvia -
Latvia
1992 - present
Since regaining independence, a more traditional roundel has been used -
Latvia
1992 - present
Fin flash
Since independence, the national flag is used as a fin flash -
Laos
1960-1975 -
Laos
Uncertain
Rarely used, this roundel is based on the national flag -
Lebanon
1949 - present -
Lesotho
ca. 1988 - present -
Liberia
1987 - present -
Libya
1959 - 1969
A red, black, and green roundel with exaggerated black ring -
Libya
1969 - 1978
A three color roundel was used during the period of close ties with Egypt -
Libya
1978 - 2011
Wings and fuselage -
Libya
2011 - 2016 -
Libya
2016 - present
Alternate -
Lithuania
1919 - 1920 -
Lithuania
1920 - 1921 -
Lithuania
1921 - 1922 -
Lithuania
1921 - 1922 -
Lithuania
1923 - 1925 -
Lithuania
1923 - 1925 -
Lithuania
1925 - 1928 -
Lithuania
1928 - 1934 -
Lithuania
1934 - 1939 -
Lithuania
1939 - 1940 -
Lithuania
1991 - 1995 -
1995 - present -
Luxembourg
1982 - present
Some NA- aircraft registered in the Grand Duchy carry this fin emblem
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Madagascar
1961 - present
A simple tri-color roundel, sometimes with golden border ring -
Malawi
1970 - present -
Malaysia
1962 - 1963
11 point gold star on a blue square with black (sometimes dark blue) outline -
Malaysia
1963 - 1982
14 point gold star on a blue square with black (sometimes dark blue) outline -
Malaysia
1982 - present
In 1982 the roundel was changed from a square - a circle -
Malaysia
1982 - present
Another uncommon variant, rarely used -
Malaysia
Present
Fin Flash -
Maldives
Present -
Mali
Present -
Malta
1992 - present
A George Cross within a red disk -
Manchukuo
1935 - 1945 -
Manchukuo
1942 - 1945 -
Mauritania
1960 - 2019
A golden star and crescent on a green field have been used since independence -
Mauritania
1960 - 2019
Fin flash -
Mauritania
2019 - present -
Mauritania
2019 - present
Fin flash -
Mauritius
Present -
Mexico
1922 - present
Mexico uses a triangular three color roundel -
Mexico
1926 - present
Naval aviation -
Moldova
1991 - present -
Moldova
Usage uncertain
Alternative Moldovan roundel -
Mongolia
1940-1992
A Soviet roundel was used during the Communist regime for wings and fuselage -
Mongolia
1940-1992
Soyombo symbol in red as fin flash -
Mongolia
1992-present
New roundel with national flag colors -
Mongolia
1992-present
Soyombo symbol, in yellow as fin flash -
Montenegro
2018 - present -
Montenegro
2006 - 2018 -
Morocco
1956 - present
A gold crown and green star on a red disc ringed in green -
Mozambique
1975 - present
Roundel incorporates Marxist symbols has been used since independence -
Myanmar
1955 - present
A triangular insignia in blue, white, and gold (a pun on the 'Golden Triangle')
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Namibia
1990 - -
Namibia
1990 - -
Nepal
Modern
Used by Nepalese Army aircraft -
Netherlands
1914 - 1921 -
Netherlands
1921 - 1940 -
Netherlands
1939 - 1940 -
Netherlands
1945 - present -
New Zealand
1923 - 1942
1947 - 1970
Matched RAF standard markings -
New Zealand
1943 - 1945 -
New Zealand
1945 - 1957 -
New Zealand
1957 - 1958 -
New Zealand
1958 - 1970 -
New Zealand
1970 - present
The standard RNZAF roundel incorporates a red kiwi (bird) within a blue ring -
New Zealand
1989 - present
Low visibility
Blue and red version for combat aircraft -
Nicaragua
1936 - 1979
Blue outlined white triangle, within a blue and red roundel -
Nicaragua
1979 - present
Sandinista colors with a superimposed gold star, on a gold circle with a black outline -
Niger
1961 - 1980
A pie shaped three color roundel of orange, white, and green with a central orange disc -
Niger
1980 - present
Horizontal tri-color roundel of orange, white, and green with a central orange disc -
Nigeria
1964 - present
Green/white/green roundel -
North Macedonia -
Norway
1914 - 1940 -
Norway
1945 - present
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Oman
Modern
The national emblem on a white-bordered red disc -
Oman
Modern
Alternative roundel in blue -
Oman
Fin flash
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Pakistan
1947 - present
A two color green and white roundel -
Panama
1964 - present
National flag in shape of roundel and bars -
Papua New Guinea
1975 - present -
Paraguay
1945 - present -
Paraguay
1945 - present
Fin flash -
Peru
1922 - present
A simple red-white-red roundel used on aircraft and ground equipment. -
Philippines
1945 - present
Red, white, and blue diamond insignia with white wings outlined in blue -
Poland
1918 - 1920
Red and white checkerboard -
Poland
1920 - 1993
Red and white border reversing main checkerboard added -
Poland
1920 - 1993
A variant with an additional red border around the insignia -
Poland
1960 - 1980
Armored vehicle marking
Variant of the aircraft insignia for vehicle use -
Poland
1993 - present
Insignia flipped for current state -
Poland
1989 - present
Polish border guard roundel -
Portugal
1915 - 1916
Initial roundel was a simple two-color roundel in the national colors -
Portugal
1916 - present
Stylized red cross on a white disc -
Portugal
Recent years
Low visibility
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Qatar
1974 - present
A simple three color roundel is used
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(Southern) Rhodesia
1935 - 1940 -
(Southern) Rhodesia
1947 - 1954 -
Rhodesia
1954 - 1963 -
Rhodesia
1963 - 1970 -
Rhodesia
Zimbabwe-Rhodesia
1970 - 1980 -
Romania
1912 - 1915 -
Romania
1915 - 1941 -
Romania
1941 - 1944 -
Romania
1944 - 1947 -
Romania
1947 - 1985
Soviet roundel used during the Communist era. -
Romania
1985 - present -
Russia
1915 - 1917
Various proportions used, many with enlarged center white disk, and some with white rings separating each color -
Russia
1918 - 1922
Simple red star -
Russia
1941 - 1945
German puppet state in Russia -
Russia
1941 - 1945
German puppet state in Russia -
Russia
1991 - 2010 -
Russia
2010 - present -
Rwanda
Current
A four ring roundel of yellow, red, yellow, and green
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Saudi Arabia
1933 - present
A green, white, green roundel with exaggerated center disc with emblem superimposed -
Senegal
1961 - present
A green star on yellow disc with red wings -
Serbia
1912 - 1915 -
Serbia
1915 - 1918 -
Serbian Krajina
1993 - 1995 -
Serbia
2006 - present -
Serbia
2006 - present
Low-visibility Version -
Seychelles
1978 - present
Coast Guard Aviation insignia -
Sierra Leone
1993 - present
The official roundel is a simple tri-color in light -nes -
Singapore
1968-1973
A Red-White-Red roundel was used, similar - Peru and Turkey's roundels -
Singapore
1973-1990
A Ying-Yang symbol with spiral speed lines -
Slovakia
1939 -
Slovakia
1939 -
Slovakia
1938 - 1941 -
Slovakia
1941 - 1945 -
Slovakia
1993 - present
The Coat of Arms of the Republic is used as the Air Force Roundel -
Slovakia
Present
Low-visibility version -
Slovakia
1993 - present
A square version of the Coat of Arms is used for vehicles and ground equipment -
Slovenia
1918 - 1919
1996 - present
Simple tri-color roundel, with a white outer ring -
Slovenia
1991 - 1996 -
Somalia
1961 - present
A white 5 pointed star on a blue disc -
South Africa
1920 - 1921
Trial version -
South Africa
1921 - 1927 -
South Africa
1927 - 1947
A simple roundel based on the RAF roundel, but with the red replaced by orange -
South Africa
1947 - 1957
Like the previous roundel, but with a springbok replacing the orange disc -
South Africa
1958 - 1981 -
South Africa
1982 - 2003 -
South Africa
2003 - present
A blue disc with superimposed nine point fort (representing the nine provinces of South Africa) and golden eagle -
South Arabia
1963 - 1967 -
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Spain
1918 - 1931 -
Spain
1931 - 1939
A red, yellow, and purple representing the Spanish Second Republic Flag -
Spain
1936 - 1939
Spanish Republican Air Force; Civil War roundel for wings and fuselage -
Spain
1931 - 1939
Spanish Republican Air Force
Fin Flash -
Spain
1931 - 1936
Spanish Republican Air Force
Spanish Republican Navy Naval Aviation fin flash -
Spanish Nationalist Air Force
1936 - 1939
A white X on a black disc on wings -
Spanish Nationalist Air Force
1936 - 1939
A black disc on wings and/or fuselage -
Spanish Nationalist Air Force
1936 - 1939
Fuselage -
Spanish Nationalist Air Force
1936 - 1939
Fuselage -
Spain
1939 - present
A red, yellow, and red roundel, sometimes with an exaggerated middle ring -
Spanish Nationalist Air Force
1936 - 1939
Fin Flash -
Spanish Nationalist Air Force
1936 - 1939
Fin Flash (low visibility) -
Sri Lanka
1950 - 2010
A maroon and yellow roundel with orange and green bars -
Sri Lanka
2010 - present -
Republika Srpska
1992 - 2006 -
Sudan
1956 - 1970 -
Sudan
1970 - present
A red, white, and black roundel with green quarter field -
Suriname
1983 - present
A green, white, and red roundel with superimposed yellow star -
Sweden
1912-1927 -
Sweden
1914-1915 -
Sweden
1937-1940 -
Sweden
1937-1940 -
Sweden
1937-1940 -
Sweden
1940-1945 -
Sweden
1940-1945 -
Sweden
1990 - present
Low visibility
Sweden uses a low visibility version for combat aircraft -
Switzerland
1914 - 1946
similar - the Swiss flag -
Switzerland
1946 - present
A white cross on a red disc replaced the wartime wing striping -
Syria
1948 - 1958
1961 - 1963 -
Syria
1963 - 1972 -
Syria
1972 - 1980
Syria adopted an identical roundel - Egypt and Libya when they formed the Federation of Arab Republics -
Syria
1980 - 2024
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Tajikistan
1992 (?)
Soviet style red star -
Tanzania
2019 - present
White, blue or yellow -rch and wreath on a green disc, sometimes bordered in blue -
Tanzania
2010 - 2019 -
Tanzania
1966 - 2010 -
Tanzania
1965 -
Thailand
1917 - 1940 -
Thailand
? - present
Roundel of Army Aviation -
Thailand
1940 - 1941 -
Thailand
1941 - 1945 -
Thailand
1941 - 1945 -
Thailand
1945 - present -
Togo
1960 - present
A round variant of the national flag, bordered in gold -
Transnistria
1991 - present
Based on flag -
Tunisia
1960 - present
A red crescent and star on a white disc, bordered in red -
Turkey
1909 - 1918 -
Turkey
1918 - 1972
White-bordered red square -
Turkey
1918
1972 - present
Red-white-red roundel -
Turkmenistan
1992 - present
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Uganda
1964 - present
Black, yellow, red, and white with enlarged white disc superimposed with a crested crane motif -
Uganda
1964 - present
Type 2 -
Uganda
1964 - present
Type 3 -
Ukraine
1941 - 1945
German puppet state in Ukraine -
Ukraine
1941 - 1945
German puppet state in Ukraine -
Ukraine
1941 - 1945
German puppet state in Ukraine -
Ukraine
1991 - 1992
Reversed colours used briefly after independence -
Ukraine
1992 present
Yellow and sky blue -
Ukraine
1991 - present
Black anchor superimposed for navy aircraft -
Ukraine
1991 - present
Coat of arms used as fin flash -
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1922 - 1945
Simple red star -
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1945 - 1991
Red star with a white outline -
United Arab Emirates
1976 - present
In 1976 the Emirates all began using a single roundel -
United Arab Emirates
1976 - present
Fin flash
National flag used as fin flash -
United Arab Republic
1958 - 1971
A red, white, and black roundel with two green stars in the white ring -
United Kingdom
Royal Flying Corps
1914
Fin flash, short-lived due - confusion with German Iron Cross from distance -
United Kingdom
Royal Air Force
1915 - 1947
Red, white and blue roundel -
United Kingdom
1947 - present -
United Kingdom
1939 - present
Fin flash
Used as rudder stripes before 1935 with colours reversed before 1929 -
United Kingdom
1918 - present
Low visibility
white removed - reduce visibility, proportions of 2:5 or 1:2. -
United Kingdom
1942 - 1945
Yellow omitted on wings -
United Kingdom
1942 - 1945
Fin flash -
United Kingdom
1942 - 1945
Far East Command
Red removed - avoid confusion with Japanese markings in SE Asia -
United Kingdom
1944 - 1945
Fleet Air Arm in Pacific operating with US task forces -
United Kingdom
1985 - present
Low visibility -
United States
1918 - 1919
American Expeditionary Force
Three--ne red, blue, and white roundel used only in Europe -
United States
1919 - 1942
Revised roundel with smaller red disc -
United States
USAAC
1919 - 1942
rudder stripes -
United States
United States Navy
1927 - 1942
rudder stripes -
United States
1942 - 1943 -
United States
March 1943 - September 1943 -
United States
1943 - 1947
Outline changed from red - blue -
United States
1947 - present
White star on a blue disc with blue, white, and red bars -
United States
1990 - present
Low visibility -
United States
1942-1945
Five-pointed white star (type 1): military vehicles. -
United States
1942-1945
Five-pointed white star (type 2): military vehicles. -
Uruguay
1916 - present
Based on military cockade but with horizontal stripes -
Uzbekistan
1992 - present
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Venezuela
1956 - present
Horizontal bars added in 1956 -
Vietnam (South)
1951 - 1955
Three red rings on yellow disc -
Vietnam (South)
1955 - 1975
Similar - US roundel, but bordered in red and with white bars in yellow -
Vietnam (South)
1955 - 1975
Fin flash -
Vietnam (North)
1955 - 1965
A yellow star with red border -
Vietnam
1959 - present
A yellow star on red disc with red bars bordered in gold -
Vietnam
1959 - present
Military vehicles: a yellow star on red disc
Y
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Yemen (Kingdom)
1957 - 1962
Red-white-red roundel with stars and sword in centre -
Yemen (North)
1962 - 1990
Red, white, and black roundel with green star centered at -p of white ring -
Yemen (South)
1967 - 1980
Blue triangle superimposed with red star -
Yemen (South)
1980 - 1990 -
Yemen
1990 - present
Red, white, and black roundel -
Yugoslavia (Kingdom)
1923 - 1929
Yugoslavia's first roundel was blue and white with a Serbian Cross -
Yugoslavia (Kingdom)
1929 - 1941
In 1929 red was added so that all three national colours were included -
Yugoslavia (Kingdom)
1923 - 1941
Fin Flash -
Yugoslavia (Democratic Federal)
1943 - 1946
Wings -
Yugoslavia (Democratic Federal)
1943 - 1946
Fuselage (type 1) -
Yugoslavia (Democratic Federal)
1943 - 1946
Fuselage (type 2) -
Yugoslavia (Democratic Federal)
1943 - 1946
Fin flash -
People's Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1946 - 1963 -
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1946 - 1991 -
People's Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1946 - 1963 -
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1946 - 1991 -
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1991 - 2003 -
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia(Serbia and Montenegro)
1992 - 2006
Fin Flash
Z
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Zaire
1971 - 1977? -
Zaire
1977? - 1997 -
Zaire
1971 - 1997
Fin flash -
Zambia
1964 - present
Since independence, Zambia has used a three-color roundel with an orange outer band superimposed with an eagle -
Zimbabwe
1994 - present
A five ring roundel of green, yellow, red, black, and white
Roundel related items
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Mystery Tri-Color -
Mystery Two-Color -
How - paint a USAF roundel
