image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 03 June 2014
(de jure since 1973, de facto since circa 1992)
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image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 03 June 2014
(de jure since 1973, de facto since circa 1992)
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Combined Service Forces (CSF) was established on June 1st, 1946 in Nanjing,
China. In end of August in 1949, it was dismissed because of the Chinese Civil
War. After retreated to Taiwan, the KMT Government recovered CSF on April 1st,
1950.
On March 1st, 2002, CSF was officially renamed as "Combined Logistics Command of the Ministry of National Defense" (CLC).
However, the English name for the flags was kept.
On December 28th, 2012, CLC was dismissed again and merged into Taiwanese Army
Logistics Command. The flags were abolished on the same day.
Akira Oyo, 04 June 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 27 May 2014
Three white rectangles and hats means "tri-services" (army, navy, and air
force). The camel means "ability to carry heavy responsibilities through thick
and thin." This flag symbolizes the Combined Service Forces to be responsible
for supporting the armed forces no matter how difficult the mission might be.
Akira Oyo, 29 May 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 27 May 2014
Simplifies and merges the symbolization into a "tri-humps" camel, a fictional
animal. The humps on its back mean "tri-services".
Akira Oyo, 29 May 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 27 May 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 28 May 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 29 May 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 30 May 2014
In 1964, the flag of the Combined Service Forces (CSF) was added the wing on
the camel to symbolize speedy and efficient support to the armed forces. From
then on, the "flying camel" became an alias of CSF.
By the way, the white outline of the Emblem was removed in 1973, so period of
these flags should be 1964 to 1973.
Akira Oyo, 31 May 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 31 May 2014
image by Akira Oyo and Miles Li, 02 June 2014
