The Philippines ' armed forces may use their standard national flag, but during times of war the flag is turned upside down.

* 1941 – Philippine Airlines, the flag carrier of the Philippines took its first flight between Manila ( from Nielson Field ) to Baguio City with a Beechcraft Model 18 making the airline the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name.

The Philippines does not have a distinctive war flag in this usual sense, but the flag of the Philippines is legally unique in that it is flown with the red stripe on top when the country is in a state of war, rather than the conventional blue.

* The flag of the Philippines is the only flag which may be hoisted upside-down when the Filipino Congress has declared the nation to be in a " state of war ".

In the Philippines, civilians salute to the national flag during flag raising and retreat by placing their right hand over their left chest.

The original flag of the Philippines as conceived by General Emilio Aguinaldo.

In 1628, Admiral Hein, with Witte de With as his flag captain, sailed out to capture a Spanish treasure fleet loaded with silver from their American colonies and the Philippines.

In 1993, the Supreme Court of the Philippines held that exemption may be accorded to Jehovah's Witnesses with regard to the observance of the flag ceremony out of respect for their religious beliefs.

In March 1984, at Major General Kenneth D. Burn's request, the Government of the Philippines amended this provision to allow another U. S. flag to be flown at the site of the joint US / Philippine Cemetery, near the Main Gate of Clark Air Base.

The National Flag of the Philippines () is a horizontal flag bicolor with equal bands of royal blue and scarlet red, and with a white equilateral triangle at the hoist ; in the center of the triangle is a golden yellow sun with eight primary rays, which represent the country's first group of provinces that started the 1896 Philippine Revolution against Spain ; and at each vertex of the triangle is a five-pointed golden yellow star, each of which represent the country's 3 main regions-Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

* Philippine Airlines, the flag carrier of the Republic of the Philippines

The Scout Badge incorporates elements of the flag of the Philippines.

An eight-rayed sun was later used in the national flag of the Philippines.

1898: The building as Fort Point, taken from a flag given to Spanish-American War soldiers on their way to the Philippines via the Presidio in San Francisco

Section 34a the Flag and Heraldic Code of the Philippines declares that it is a prohibited act " o mutilate, deface, defile, trample on or cast contempt or commit any act or omission casting dishonor or ridicule upon the flag or over its surface ;"

The logo of Cainta – the emblem inside the double circle represents the flag of the Philippines in red, white and blue color.

The flag bearer for the Philippines squad was Andres Franco, who won a gold medal in the 1951 Asian Games in high jump event, the sole gold medal of any Filipino in the athletics events of the previous Asian Games .< ref name =" gbrathletics1 ">

On August 13, 1898, the American flag was raised in Fort Santiago signifying the start of the American rule in the Philippines.

The official party flag also has the emblem of the party incorporated onto the flag.

The flag has a white field, with a red Latin cross inside a blue canton.

Aer Lingus, Ireland's national flag carrier has named one of its Airbus A330 aircraft in commemoration of the saint ( reg: EI-DUO ).

The exact derivation of the term is unknown, but it has been thought that in early Canadian football, the scoring of a single was signalled with a red flag.

* the ball is dead and a penalty flag has been thrown,

* Upon approaching the port, ships must display a quarantine flag, which has the letter ' Q ' on it, and wait for admittance into the port.

The story of the original flag has a continuation.

Whether the flag has its origins in a divine sign, a banner of a military order, an ecclesiastical banner, or perhaps something entirely different, Danish literature is no help before the early 15th century.

This image has been used to acknowledge a previously disputed theory that the cross found in Valdemar Atterdag's coats of arms located in his Danælog seal ( Rettertingsseglet ) from 1356 is indeed the cross from the Danish flag.

The flag has been intended to represent Europe in its wider sense.

In particular the flag has become a banner for pro-Europeanism outside the Union, for example in Georgia, where the flag is on most government buildings since the coming to power of Mikhail Saakashvili, who used it during his inauguration, stating: " European flag is Georgia ’ s flag as well, as far as it embodies our civilisation, our culture, the essence of our history and perspective, and our vision for the future of Georgia.

It is also used as a pro-democracy emblem in countries such as Belarus, where it has been used on protest marches alongside the banned former national flag and flags of opposition movements.

It's said that the Dutch Tricolor has inspired many flags but most notably those of Russia, New York City, and South Africa ( the 1928 – 94 flag as well the current flag ).

As a forerunner of revolution, France's tricolour flag style has been adopted by other nations.

* The flag of Turkey, which is very similar to last flag of the old Ottoman Empire, has been an inspiration for the flag designs of many other Muslim nations.

Each flag or pennant has a specific meaning when flown individually.

Throughout the world the flag has been used in public discourse to refer to the United States, not only as a nation, state, government, and set of policies, but also as a set of ideals.

The flag has become a powerful symbol of Americanism, and is proudly flown on many occasions, with giant outdoor flags used by retail outlets to draw customers.

For a short period in the late 1840s, Germany was united with Hoffman's borders, with a democratic constitution in the make, and with the black-red-gold flag to represent it.

Captain Wilder approaches under a white flag and has a short discussion with Spender during which the archaeologist explains that if he manages to kill off the expedition it may delay human colonization of the planet for a few more years, possibly long enough that the expected nuclear war on Earth will protect Mars from human colonization completely.

As admiral he flew his flag for a short time in 1790, but did not serve in the French Revolutionary Wars.

He still continued to serve at short intervals with the prince of Orange, who at the time had an alliance with France, and his first serious service under the French flag occurred at the siege of La Mothe in Lorraine by Marshal de la Force ( 1634 ), where his brilliant courage at the assault won him immediate promotion to the rank of maréchal de camp ( equivalent to the modern grade of major-general ).

Empresa de Transporte Aéreo del Perú S. A. (" Peruvian Air Transport Enterprise, S. A ."), operated as Aeroperú ( short form for Empresa Nacional de Aeronavegación del Perú, National Air Navigation Company of Peru ), was the former national flag carrier of Peru, and from 1993 to 2000 was a subsidiary of AeroMéxico.

On that day, Air France, which had served Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Nuremberg and its main base at Paris Le Bourget / Orly during the previous decade from Tempelhof with Douglas DC-4, Sud-Est Languedoc and Lockheed Constellation / Super Constellation piston equipment, shifted its entire Berlin operation to Tegel because Tempelhof's runways were too short to permit the introduction of the Sud-Aviation Caravelle, the French flag carrier's new short-haul jet, with a viable payload.

After the second charge the Germans sent out a soldier with a white flag and, after a short discussion with the Polish commander of the Nowogródek Cavalry Brigade, the Germans withdrew.

For an extended period after the attack, a short clip of a large American flag waving was shown in between the announcement of the musical guest and Leno's introduction during the opening montage.

The collision with the Dutch flag didn't become, as a matter of fact, a problem, because the state was short living.

A typical spearo dive float will be torpedo-shaped, orange or red in colour with a volume of between 7 and 36 litres and display a dive flag on a short mast.

This was BEA's competitive answer to the impending introduction of the Sud-Est Caravelle, Air France's new short -/ medium-range jet, on the French flag carrier's European, North African and Middle Eastern network, including the prime Heathrow – Le Bourget route from July 1959.

As the flag carriers grew in importance with increasing long-range passenger traffic, the smaller airlines found a niche flying passengers over short hops to the flag carrier's airport.

When the Federation of Malaya replaced the short lived Malayan Union, the federation government through the Federal Legislative Council called for a design contest for a new flag.

However, according to an article in the Flag Bulletin publishing in Fall 2000, for a short period of time during the French protectorate, the flag of France was placed in the canton ( upper left ) of the Tunisian flag.

With darkness falling on the Talladega Superspeedway during a late caution flag, the decision was made to end the race 10 laps short of its 188 lap distance.

Some claim this flag ( called The Yellow Flag for short ) is the first true " national flag " of the Vietnamese people for it reflects the aspiration and hope of the people, not just the emperors, for independence and unification of the Viet nation.

Eventually, the train rolls past the prairies of North Dakota and Montana with three short stops near Glacier National Park ( East Glacier Park only or Browning only, Essex flag stop, and West Glacier Park ) followed by a longer stop in Whitefish, Montana ( not too far from Glacier National Park ).

A dual cannon salute was fired for each flag, and each Commissioner gave a short speech.

On 27 June 2006, another attempt to pass a ban on flag burning was rejected by the Senate in a close vote of 65 in favor, 34 opposed, one vote short of the two-thirds majority needed to send the amendment to be voted on by the states.

There are three other objectives and corresponding styles ( four in total ): a style called " capture-the-flag " ( or " CTF " for short ) in which tanks try to pick up an opponent's flag and bring to their own home base, a style called " rabbit chase " in which the objective is to have every hunter ( orange ) tank try to destroy a particular white tank, called the " rabbit ," and a style called " King of the Hill ," in which a team attempts to stay in a certain area for 30 – 60 seconds without being killed.

During a short scuffle in which he kills the officer before being killed himself, his blood stains the Japanese flag, to the horror of the Youth Corps.