thread in which I rate every national air force’s roundel for aesthetics

we’re doing this alphabetically and I’ll be here a long time. sorry

Afghanistan: pleasantly 3D but kind of cluttered. the whole point of a roundel is not needing to write on it

Albania: hi welcome to Goth Target

Algeria: that’s just your flag in a circle

Angola: hi welcome to Goth Korea

Argentina: yeah

Armenia: okay that is just a target guys

Australia: well it’s distinct

Austria: I really like this one for some reason. refusal to just do the usual stripes

Azerbaijan: flag in a circle

Bahamas: that’s a big eye

Bahrain: this is a tech company. But also, I like it because it doesn’t just look like your flag

Bangladesh: flag in a circle, but for naval aviation they put whitewalls on it, which is stylish

Belarus: NOW WE’RE FUCKING TALKING. NEVER CHANGE THE AESTHETICS OF THE SOVIET UNION. STILL HAVE A KGB. DON’T GIVE A SHIT

Belgium: the other genre of roundel is ‘British/French one but with our colours’ but I always like that

Benin: should suffer from Flag In A Circle but when I see it all I think is Funky Czechoslovakia

Bolivia: c’mon use a wiphala just to annoy people

Botswana: triangle! triangle! triangle! Yes!!!!

Brazil: howdy I’m the sheriff of blue orb

Brunei: you have not really grasped the assignment here

Bulgaria: my eyes

Burkina Faso: why star so small

Cambodia: I respect that you’ve taken and simplified a silhouette of Angkor Wat but also it looks like three penises or that one pokemon

Cameroon: welcome to the party Air Force

Canada: yeah. imperial heritage or whatever

Central African Republic: YO

Chad: ironically much less Chad than the CAR

Chile: howdy. I’m the other sheriff

China: I like this a lot actually. I have a soft spot for roundels with banners like this

China (Republic of): I mean, difficult to mess with a classic

Colombia: guy who has to design the roundel looking at plane cockpit totally out of ideas before looking at the artificial horizon

Congo: haven’t I seen you before

DR Congo: I take back the thing about the banners

Côte d’Ivoire: on the one hand this is a fried egg. on the other how mad are the Irish that you beat them to this one

Croatia: where the fuck did that blue come from? okay you couldn’t do a square because of Poland but like

Cuba: JUST DO THE TRIANGLE

Czechia: it looks like you’re making a pie chart. would you like help

Denmark: this is a lifesaver/cheerio/polo mint

Djibouti: this one fucks

Dominican Republic: speechless. I’ve included the low-vis tactical version too because how could I not

Ecuador, Egypt, Equitorial Guinea, El Salvador: yep. passing grade

Eritrea: it looks like you’ve fucked up making a pie chart. would you like h

Estonia: trashfuture logo. Botswana has a better Estonian roundel than you

Ethiopia: ???

Finland: nice try. I know the one you all still want to use

France: the classic. paint Republican cockade on your planes and then everyone else copies it in ways that make no fucking sense

Gabon: case in point

Georgia: pow! It’s uhhhh inventive?

Germany: hmmmmmmmm

Ghana, Greece, Guatemala: I’m going to stop doing the ones that are just this

Guatemala: howdy I’m the third sheriff of Air Force

Hungary: stretchy. I love it

Iceland: yeah fuck it just use a pennant, it’s based

India: YOU HAVE A CULTURALLY AND VISUALLY DISTINCT CIRCLE ON YOUR FLAG ALREADY YOU DICKHEADS

Indonesia: oooooh shapes. the cooler Denmark

Iran: target syndrome

Iraq: I too forget how to draw the cool S

Ireland: lads be honest how mad are you at Côte d’Ivoire

Israel: haters/victims of war crimes can’t deny the distinct silhouette

Italy: apparently the ‘low visibility’ version is just it gets bigger

Jamaica: I think this actually called for the flag in a circle thing. put the saltire in

Japan: can’t go wrong with Orb. emperor macarthur might have taken the cool flag off you but you’ll always have Orb

Jordan: fucked up pie chart again

Kazakhstan: what the fuck it’s got an eagle this rules

Kenya: I like this one because the white stripes make it distinct

Korea (Best): very easy to stencil. not sure if there were other considerations

Korea (Other): nothing says ‘wholly owned US subsidiary’ like taking the USAF’s banners

Kyrgyzstan: oh fuck my Xbox is on fire

Lebanon: that’s right, the square hole,

Lithuania: oh no I feel uncomfortable

Luxembourg: guys c’mon

Malaysia: biff!

Malta: don’t put your George Cross on there nobody likes a braggart

Mexico: triangle!!!!

Moldova: zap!

Mongolia: incredibly powerful. please tell me you guys have Su-27s

Montenegro: Luftwaffe Burger Stand

Morocco: our ‘we will not bomb the royal palace in the next coup’ roundel is raising a lot of q

Mozambique: that’s right, the square hole,

Myanmar: triangle!!!!! !!

Nepal: confusing. letter in the post from the Israelis’ lawyers

Netherlands: I hate everything about this so much dude

New Zealand: yes good. only self-deprecating one so far

North Macedonia: this... rules?

Norway: this on the other hand is an airline

Pakistan: Denmark with worse depression

Panama: hmmm not sure what to feel about this

Papua New Guinea: hey a bird that can fly

Philippines: Latvian car badge

Poland: reason I did this thread. the best one. I love you unconditionally

Portugal: nngggn no don’t like that at all

Russia: as with everything else Vladimir I hate what you’ve done with the place

Saudi Arabia: they had to put something in the middle to not be Nigeria but honestly? it kind of goes

Serbia: more aggressively Christian than Portugal’s

Slovakia: cool shield shape

South Africa: ?

Spain: hold up. why’s your dot so small man

Sudan: flipped pac man

Suriname: Captain America

Sweden: I actually like this one

Switzerland: slap a couple of these on a Bf-109 and I don’t have to feel bad about liking the plane any more. and the flag is a big plus

Syria: I like the stars!

Tanzania: so my test for legibility is ‘can I draw it after seeing it once’

Tunisia: this is all I have ever wanted from every country with a crescent and star on their flag

Turkmenistan: not enough of these things tesselate

Uganda: is that a chicken

UAE: video game revive timer running way down

UK: classic

US: bring back the old USAAF one with the red dot in the middle of the star you cowards

Uruguay: uh you have accidentally submitted an annotated draft

Zambia: Bird Czechs