Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Cult of Tacticool: Digicam Aircraft

I'm unconvinced this is about deceiving the Mk I eyeball and not more about looking cool for the recruitment posters.











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  1. I thought they had figured out a dull gray finish works best for visual. Mabe the different paints have a different IR signature. That of course would be imporant verus IR homing missles.

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    1. That's what I thought was the consensus after the Matte-Black cool look actually got a F-117 shot down in Serbia.

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  2. This is going to be a nightmare for maintenance folks having to keep any of this paint touched up.

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    1. Hence my suspicion this is more for recruiting posters.

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