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Blue "Derafsh"-style flags, currently in use in Iran.
Bill Garrison,
26 December 2016
Obverse / Reverse
images by Bill Garrison, 4 September 2019
"Nirooy-e Havaei-e Jomhoriy-e Eslami-e Iran" = Air Force of Iran
Reverse
using Army logo.
Bill Garrison, 4 September 2019
Ceremonial Flag Obverse / Reverse
images by Bill Garrison, 4 September 2019
"Artesh-e" logo Obverse / Reverse
images by Bill Garrison, 4 September 2019
Black background on reverse.
Bill Garrison, 4 September 2019
image located by Bill Garrison, 30 August 2019
Obverse / Reverse
images by Bill Garrison, 5 September 2019
"Qaragah-e Radafand-e Khatam" = Air Defense Force, a sub-section of the "army" (ceremonial flag design).
Reverse shows "al-Anbiya" = "the prophets" --- AJA (AJA: "Artesh-e
Johahooriya Eslamiye Iran") artesh = army.
Bill Garrison, 5 September 2019
Variant
images by Bill Garrison, 6 September 2019
"Khatam al-Anbiya" = "Air Defense Force of Artesh"
Bill Garrison,
6
September 2019
image located by Ian Sumner, 24 October 2007
I've collected a few pictures of Iranian colours from a number of websites
over the years - I guess this might be an air force flag based on the colour of
the uniform.
Ian Sumner, 24 October 2007
Green-white-red roundel.
Source: Album des Pavillons
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Zeljko Heimer, 13 November 2001
Formed in 1924 as l'Aeronautique Persane, renamed in 22 March 1935 into Nirou
Havai Shahanshahiye Iran (Imperial Iranian AF - IIAF) and changed after the
revolution into Islamic Republic of Iran AF, it always used the same roundel -
classic red-white-green with green-white-red horizontal stripe as rudder stripes
or fin flash. According to Cochrane and Elliott (1998) the only change was to replace the fuselage marking from stripes to
the roundel (the wings always had a roundel) and changing the rudder stripes to
a fin flash in 1930. Jane's 1945 shows rudder
stripes.
The IIAF have a homepage (probably operated outside Iran) at
http://www.iiaf.net/home.html#
and even on the homepage we can see both possibilities for tail insignia. As the
P-47 didn't exist in 1930, the change in the tail insignia was much later than
1930 (probably with the Jets era in 1956).
The same markings were used by the Imperial Iranian Navy - air wing and the
Imperial Iranian Army Aviation as well as today by the Islamic Republic of Iran
Army Aviation, Islamic Republic of Iranian Navy Aviation, Iranian Revolutionary
Guard Corps Air Force and Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy.
Dov Gutterman, 17 June 2004
The fin flash is a simple horizontal tricolour of green-white-red.
The aircraft markings have virtually not changed since some initial
minor variations in the 1920s.
Source: Military Aircraft Insignia of the World
Cochrane and Elliott (1998)
Zeljko Heimer, 13 November 2001