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F-117A gets repaint... (Read 654 times)

Dec 10^th, 2003 at 1:40pm

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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/031209-F-0000S-001.jpg

Wink

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Reply #1 - Dec 11^th, 2003 at 3:21pm

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

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Reply #2 - Dec 11^th, 2003 at 6:56pm

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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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Reply #3 - Dec 12^th, 2003 at 9:19am

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probably the ram skin remains there, only in another color

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Reply #4 - Dec 12^th, 2003 at 6:02pm

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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

Russian planes: IL-76 (all standard length ones), Tu-154 and Il-62, Tu-134 and An-24RV&&&&AI flightplans and repaints can be found here

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Reply #5 - Dec 13^th, 2003 at 7:02am

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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... Wink

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Reply #6 - Dec 13^th, 2003 at 11:37am

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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

Russian planes: IL-76 (all standard length ones), Tu-154 and Il-62, Tu-134 and An-24RV&&&&AI flightplans and repaints can be found here

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