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Namibian Defence Force

(NDF)

Last modified: 2021-07-03 by bruce berry
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image by Bruce Berry, 27 June 2018

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Background

The Namibian Defence Force (NDF) was created at independence in 1990 and comprises the national military forces of Namibia.  There are three arms, namely the Namibian Army, the Namibian Air Force and the Namibian Navy.
Bruce Berry, 27 June 2018

Namibian Defence Force flag

   image submitted by Bruce Berry, 27 June 2018

The NDF arm-of-service flags, which were authorised by General Regulations published in Government Gazette 4547 dated 20 August 2010.

The design of NDF flag is based on the Presidential Standard, with a badge of the NDF (illustrated above) placed in a white triangle, with a red triangle above and light blue triangle below and is described as follows :

"The Namibian Defence Force flag is rectangular in the proportion of three in the length to two in the width, tierced per pile one simple and two reversed, being white, red and light blue, the simple pile being white and charged in the hoist with the Namibian Defence Force Badge, the height of the full achievement being one half of the width of the flag with its centre position one third of the flag away from the hoist, the red pile reversed, its apex reaching the point of contact where the base of the simple pile meets the top of the hoist, the light blue pile reversed its apex reaching the point of contact where the base of the simple pile meets the bottom of the hoist."
Arthur Radburn, 07 July 2017


South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF) flags

image sent by Bruce Berry, 01 July 2020

The South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF) was an auxiliary arm of the South African Defence Force which comprised the armed forces of South West Africa between 1977 and the independence of Namibia in 1990.  The SWAFT used a Gemsbok head as its emblem.  Each of the service arms of the SWATF had a distinctive emblems featuring the wildlife of the territory.  The emblem of the Reaction Force was a lion's head, the Area Force was represented by a kudu head and the Air Wing used an eagle with outstretched wings.

image sent by Bruce Berry, 29 June 2018

The flag of the SWATF Area Force had a brown field with the SWATF emblem near the hoist.

image sent by Bruce Berry, 29 June 2018

The flag of the SWATF Reaction Force had an orange field with the Reaction Force emblem in black in the centre.
Bruce Berry, 29 June 2018