- 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, revealing the position of the vehicle.
The design is derived from the standard RNZAF roundel, it consists of a Kiwi surrounded by a single ring, the colour of the Kiwi & surrounding ring is always the same, although the colour itself can vary from shades of grey to black depending on the aircraft. For example, the a gray was used on the RNZAF’s P-3K2 rather than the black used on the RNZAF’s C-130J fleet.
RNZAF NH-90 TTH, NZ3301 transporting an NZA L119 105mm gun, (2025)
History:
Created around the mid 1990’s to replace the Red-Blue Low Vis roundel, the greyscale Low-Vis roundel would start appearing on different aircraft throughout the RNZAF, including the A-4K Kahu, UH-1H Iroquois and P-3K2 Orion. 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 roundel.
Due to the new Roundel being applied to aircraft as they were repainted, both the greyscale & Red Blue low vis roundels would be used within a single aircraft fleet, such as the A-4K Kahu, which is known to have both roundel types mixed together on different airframes at the same time. The first aircraft to have these roundels painted on was the P-3K Orion.
By the early 2010’s the greyscale roundel completely replaced the blue-red low vis roundel within the RNZAF, and is still used to this day all of the RNZAF’s current fleet and the Royal New Zealand Navies (RNZN) SH-2G(I) Sea Sprite, but the RNZAF’s Boeing 727 & T-6 Texan II aircraft still wear the standard roundel.
RNZAF P3-K2 NZ4201 on patrol for a missing Tongan Fisherman, (2017)
RNZAF Iroquois NZ3801 at RNZAF Wigram, (2009)
Extra Photos:
Sources:
New Zealand Air Force Flags
https://airforcemuseum.co.nz/blog/50-years-of-flying-kiwis/
National Markings New Zealand Air Force – Aeroflight
File:Roundel of New Zealand – Low Visibility – Type 2.svg - Wikipedia
