Military Flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1949—Present | Israeli Defense Forces | Light blue defaced standard with the IDF emblem; and with the national flag in the canton. 8:11 ratio including the fringe | |
1948—Present | Naval ensign | The flag is used by Israeli Navy, being a blue flag with white triangle at hoist and blue Magen David in it. Proportions are 2:3. | |
1991—Present | Air force flag | Light blue flag with thin stripes, near top and bottom (closer to the edges than on the national flag), white with dark blue borders. In the center, the air force roundel but with points touching disc edges and a dark blue border. | |
?—Present | Army (Land Arm) Flag | 5 diagonal stripes, orange-red/white/green/black/orange-red, of proportions 2/1/5/1/2. In the center of the red stripe is a white-bordered gold disk, containing 4 semicircles of green, orange, black and orange-red. Superimposed over them is an upright black-outlined white bayonet blade, partially enclosed on its right by an olive branch, also in black-outlined white. | |
1992—Present | Homefront Command (Pikud HaOref) | Diagonally divided blue and orange. The colours of the homefront command are the same to those appearing in its emblem. | |
?—Present | Flag of the IDF Chief of Staff |
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