1-300 Cuba Roundels Decals
These 1-300 Cuban Air Force Roundel decals reproduce the distinctive national aircraft insignia used by Cuba’s military aviation. The marking features a blue circular field containing an inverted red triangle with a white five-pointed star, a design closely tied to the colors and symbolism of the Cuban national flag.
Decal Information
The sheet includes Cuba Roundels markings suitable for use on 1-300 scale aircraft miniatures.
They are printed on clear-background waterslide decal paper. They need to be individually cut out. Apply over a properly prepared and gloss-coated model surface using normal waterslide-decal techniques.
Key Historical Details
Region / Nation: Latin America & Canada Service: Military Aviation Time Period: Period Appropriate to the Marking Primary Marking: National Aircraft Roundels Scale: 1-300 Application: Historically appropriate aircraft and aviation subjects
Historical Information
Cuban military aviation traces its origins to 1915, when the Cuerpo Aéreo del Ejército was established. The basic blue-disc, red-triangle, and white-star aircraft marking was introduced in 1928 and remained associated with Cuban military aviation through much of the pre-revolutionary period.
Following the 1959 Cuban Revolution, aircraft markings briefly changed. Between approximately 1959 and 1962, revolutionary aircraft used a different red-triangle-and-bar insignia. By 1963, however, Cuba had returned to the earlier blue-disc design with the inverted red triangle and white star. That restored marking became the familiar national insignia seen on aircraft of the Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria and later the Defensa Antiaérea y Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria (DAAFAR).
The insignia became especially recognizable during the Cold War as Cuba transitioned to Soviet-designed aircraft. It appeared on aircraft such as the MiG-15, MiG-17, MiG-19, MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-29, and L-39 Albatros, as well as transports and helicopters including the An-24, Mi-8, Mi-17, and Mi-24.
Cuban aircraft carrying these markings served not only in the defense of Cuba but also during overseas deployments and conflicts in Africa and other regions during the Cold War. The distinctive Cuban roundel therefore works well for both Caribbean scenarios and larger Cold War-era wargaming campaigns.
