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Ghanaian Air Force

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Air Force ensign image by Željko Heimer, 08 October 2001
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Air Force ensign

Light blue field with national flag in canton and fuselage marking at lower fly. (Source: [smi75b])
Ivan Sache, 26 June 1999

Both the Air Ensign and the Civil Air Ensign are light blue with the national flag in canton and with an emblem in the fly: Air Force uses its aircraft marking, while the civil air ensign has a black star.
Željko Heimer, 08 October 2001

Ghana Air Force was formed on Oct. 1959.
Dov Gutterman, 16 June 2004


Aircraft markings

Fuselage Marking

Air Force roundel image by Željko Heimer, 08 October 2001

Ghana Air Force was formed on Oct. 1959, and adopted a “classic” green-yellow-red roundel and a black star as fin flash (as seen at the Sky Tamer website).
Dov Gutterman, 16 June 2004

Red-yellow-green roundel. (Source: Album 2000 [pay00])
Željko Heimer, 08 October 2001

The 1964 change in flag brought a similar change in the roundel, now green-white-red with same fin flash (as seen at the Sky Tamer website).
Dov Gutterman, 16 June 2004

Re-introducing of the previous flag in 1966, brought back the original roundel, this time with national flag as fin-flash (as seen at the Sky Tamer website and in Wheeler’s book [whe86]).
Dov Gutterman, 16 June 2004

Fin flash

National flag painted on the fin. (Source: Album 2000 [pay00])
Željko Heimer, 08 October 2001

According to [cos98], until 1966 on the fin of the airplanes black star was used, but since 1966 the national flag is painted.
Željko Heimer, 09 October 2001