#NH90 who’s who : Test your aviation geekness
Are you able to identify all these #NH90 variants ?
Greek NH90 TTH
See the ‘blue-while-blue’ roundel
And the ID ‘ΕΣ 840’
Italian Navy NH90 NFH
See the marking of the anchor in a while disk, on the door
And the text ‘MARINA’ on the door too
German NH90 TTH, in Air Force configuration
See the German flag on the pylon
(Caution : even it is written ‘Luftwaffe’ on the pylon, this is not anymore the case)
German NH90 in Air Force configuration has 3 flares launchers on each side (see close to the door)
Oman NH90 TTH
It has a typical desert painting
You can also recognize it with the red area on its tail boom
Swedish NH90 TTH
See the roundel
Finnish NH90 TTH
The Finnish and the German painting are very similar…
But see the ‘white-blue-white’ roundel on the tail boom.
German NH90 TTH, in Air Force configuration
See the 3 flares launchers
And the German cross on the tail boom
French Navy NH90 NFH ‘Caiman Marine’
See the roundel
Italian Army NH90 TTH
See the roundel on the tail boom
Italian Navy NH90 NFH
See the marking of the anchor in a while disk, on the door
New-Zealand NH90 TTH ‘Warrior’
See the roundel with the kiwi
Even it is painted in a dark gray, it is a TTH
Belgian NH90 TTH ‘Sea Lion’
Did you recognize its green color ?
See the high-visibility roundel on the tail boom
French NH90 TTH ‘Caiman’
Italian Army NH90 TTH
Did you recognize its matt green ?
Swedish NH90 TTH
See the roundels
Australian NH90 TTH ‘Tapian’
See the kangaroo
Dutch NH90 NFH ‘Silverback’
Belgian and Dutch NH90 NFH have a very similar white painting…
But did you recognize the marking close to the cockpit door ?
Greek NH90 TTH
See the ‘blue-white-blue’ roundel on the tail boom
And the ‘blue-white-blue’ marking on the pylon
(Reminder : ‘blue-white-blue’ = Greece, while ‘white-blue-white’ = Finland)
Norwegian NH90 NFH
See its roundel
German Army NH90 TTH
See the markings (German cross, on the tail boom, German flag & ‘Heer’ on the pylon’)
In Army’s configuration, German NH90 TTH has 2 flares launchers per side only
Belgian NH90 NFH ‘Sea Lion’
Did you recognize its ID marking ?
Norwegian NH90 NFH
See the roundel on the tail boom
New-Zealand NH90 TTH ‘Warrior’
Did you recognize its dark gray ?
See the roundel with the kiwi on the tail boom
See also the ‘RNZAF’ (Royal New-Zealand Air Force) marking near the windscreen
Italian Army NH90 TTH
Did you recognize its matt green ?
French Army NH90 TTH ‘Caiman’
Did you recognize its typical 3-color painting ?
Australian NH90 TTH ‘Tapian’
Did you recognize its typical 3-color painting ?
See the kangaroo on its tail boom
Finnish NH90 TTH
But did you see the ‘white-blue-white’ roundel ?
(Reminder : Greek roundel : ‘blue-white-blue’)
German Army NH90 TTH
Finnish and German NH90 have a very similar painting…
But see the German markings (German cross on the tail boom, the flag & ‘Heer’ on the pylon)
It is in Army’s configuration, as it has 2 flares launchers only
French Navy NH90 NFH ‘Caiman Marine’
Did you recognize its typical shaded-grays painting ? It is a only one in that case
Oman NH90 TTH
Did you recognize its desert color ?
Australian NH90 TTH ‘Tapian’
Did you recognize its typical 3-color painting ?
New-Zealand NH90 TTH ‘Warrior’
Did ypu recognize its dark gray color ?
And the roundel with the kiwi ?
Dutch NH90 NFH ‘Silverback’
I am sure that you recognized the ID marking under the cockpit door…
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