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Indonesia has three air arms - each one with its own roundel:
Jawatan Penerbangan (Aviation Div. of People's Security Army) was formed
in 10 Oct. 1945 and became Angkatan Udara Republik Indonesia (Air Force of the
Indonesian Republic) on 9 April 1946. Its current name Tetara Nasional
Indonesia-Angkatan Udara (Indonesian Armed Forces-Air Force) was adopted on 5
Oct. 1971. Homepage at
http://www.tni-au.mil.id/default.asp
The first roundel was adopted in 1946 and was use until 1949 (Cochrane & Elliott, 1998)
and consisted of a disc separated to top red and bottom white and horizontal
rudder stripes of red-white. See photo at
http://members.tripod.com/~imogiri/aircraft/jap2.jpg
Cochrane & Elliott (1998)
reported a second roundel in use in 1949-1954 as white disc with red ring (same
as Danish roundel) and fin flash of vertical red-white
stripes.
In 1954 it was replaced by the current roundel - a white pentagon bordered red
and "national" fin flash. See photos at
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/159065/L/,
and
http://www.scramble.nl/mil/6/tniau/gfx/KT1B.gif.
The naval air arm - "Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut" was formed on
17 June 1956 as "Dinas Penerbangan Angkatan Laut Republik Indonesia" and got its
current name on 5 Oct. 1971. Its marking is basically the same as the air force
but the roundel is charged with an anchor. See
http://www.scramble.nl/mil/6/tniau/gfx/HU411detail370.jpg.
The army aviation "Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Darat" was formed on 14
November 1959 as Dinas Penerbangan Angkatan Darat (Army Aviation Service) and
renamed in 1974. The army homepage is at
http://www.mabesad.mil.id/. The army aviation also use the same roundel but
charged with a 5-pointed star.
Wheelock (1986) shows the star in gold and
Cochrane & Elliott (1998)
shows it in black.....and black it is.
Dov Gutterman, 17 June 2004
Starting in 1954 based on the Decree of the Chief of Air Force No. 8/5/Pen/KS/1954 dated January 21, 1954, the identification mark or nationality mark of AURI aircraft was changed to a red and white pentagon. The decree explained, among other things, that the pentagon which signifies Pancasila (five principles) is placed on:
1. The left and right sides of the aircraft body between the letters and numbers of the registration number.
2. Above the left wing of the aircraft.
3. Above and below the right wing of the aircraft.
As seen in the picture of this aircraft, starting on April 9, 1954 (coinciding with the commemoration of the eighth anniversary of AURI) this nationality mark of AURI aircraft began to be used. Since then until now the nationality mark of AURI aircraft is in the form of a red and white pentagon. Source: Merdeka, March 1954. Collection of Old Newspapers, National Library of Indonesia (SKJIL-Team).
Located and machine translated by Zachary Harden, 30 August 2024
by Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 June 2024
There are variants that had the star colored gold instead of black.
by Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 June 2024
by Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 June 2024
by Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 June 2024
by Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 June 2024
by Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 June 2024
by Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 June 2024
After Japan's defeat, the Dutch returned to Indonesia.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 June 2024
by Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 June 2024
The Indonesian Air force used a roundel with the lower half of the red circle roundel of the remaining Japanese aircraft repainted white.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 June 2024
by Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 June 2024
by Dov Gutterman, 8 February 2000
Indonesia has used its national flag as a fin flash since 1954. However between 1949-1954 it was used in a vertical form.
For the Indonesia aircraft markings, there are versions for low visibility. Judging from this photograph,
it is the regular roundel (pentagon-shaped) with the black outline
replacing the red and the white section becoming transparent. The case
is the same for the army and naval air units. However, the national flag/fin flash is in full color.
Zachary Harden, 05 February 2019
Each roundel has a low-visibility version; the outer pentagon is colored black and the inside color is removed and made transparent. Each of the service symbols for the army and navy do not change color.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 15 June 2024