- Yes
- No - I would not like to see this roundel in game.
Description:
The Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) created this Low-Vis roundel as to assist in camouflage in environments where the standard RNZAF blue white & red roundel would contrast heavily with the surrounding area and would reveal the position of the vehicle.
The design is derived from the standard RNZAF roundel, it consists of a red Kiwi surrounded by a blue circle. Unlike the modern greyscale low vis roundel, the white inner ring of the standard roundel is not removed, it is instead filled in by the blue circle.
RNZAF C-130H, NZ7002, trailing a new camouflage scheme, (1986)
History:
Created in 1982 as to replace the standard Blue-White-Red roundel in combat aircraft, this roundel would be painted to aicraft that were expected to see combat. This included the RNZAF’s A-4K, C-130H, and Bell UH-1H Iroquois. Other aircraft used by the RNZAF that were not expected to see combat, such as the MB-339CB Macchi, Bell 47G-3B-1 Sioux,CT/4, etc, would however still use the standard Blue-White-Red roundel.
This roundel would be used through to the mid 1990’s, when an even lower vis greyscale roundel was created for use with a new green scheme. As the aircraft already had this blue-red low vis roundel applied, the new grey scale roundel was only applied when the entire aircraft was repainted. Thus a number of airframes kept this blue-red roundel until the mid 2010’s, when it was fully retired.
Skyhawks NZ6254, NZ6209, and NZ6205 flying from RNZAF Ohakea, (~1990)
Wreck of No. 3 Squadron Iroquois NZ3813 near the Waiouru range. (1995)
Extra Photos:
Sources:
New Zealand Air Force Flags
File:Roundel of New Zealand – Low Visibility – Type 1.svg - Wikimedia Commons
https://fotoweb.airforcemuseum.co.nz/fotoweb/archives/5003-Search-the-Collection/Collection/PF152-3-90.JPG.info#c=%2Ffotoweb%2Farchives%2F5003-Search-the-Collection%2F
