F-117A gets repaint...

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F-117A gets repaint...

Postby Mr. Bones » Wed Dec 10, 2003 1:40 pm

the USAF is painting their Nighthawks grey. this is for operations at daytime. right now, they are all black, but if the tests with the grey "Black Sheeps" turn out well, they will remain in this colour.

here's a shot of it: http://www.af.mil/media/photodb/photos/ ... 0S-001.jpg

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Re: F-117A gets repaint...

Postby Harrier » Thu Dec 11, 2003 3:21 pm

Very nice, but is it still coated in the radar absorbing paint?
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Re: F-117A gets repaint...

Postby C » Thu Dec 11, 2003 6:56 pm

Very nice, but is it still coated in the radar absorbing paint?


I assume it's a different pigment in the same type of paint...

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Re: F-117A gets repaint...

Postby Mr. Bones » Fri Dec 12, 2003 9:19 am

probably the ram skin remains there, only in another color
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Re: F-117A gets repaint...

Postby Ivan » Fri Dec 12, 2003 6:02 pm

F/A-22 paint...

They were probably still too black since the last repaint...

The original ones were deep black, couldn't fly with full moon, which infulenced gulf war 1 bombing raid planning too much
got a lighter color after 1991 to cope with that
and now another repaint
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Re: F-117A gets repaint...

Postby Mr. Bones » Sat Dec 13, 2003 7:02 am

new paint yes but not because of the full moon during night ops...from now on, they will start using it in ops at daytime... ;)
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Re: F-117A gets repaint...

Postby Ivan » Sat Dec 13, 2003 11:37 am

This is the third colorscheme of the F-117, the most-seen black scheme is actually the second.
When they made it public they were in the first scheme, which was quickly changed into a lighter one. they were even darker before
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