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F-16CMs with "Have Glass V" RCS Reduction Paint

Old 29th Jul 2020, 18:49
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F-16CMs with "Have Glass V" RCS Reduction Paint


Applied during depot level maintenance at SABCA Charleroi, Belgium.

https://theaviationist.com/2020/07/0...-paint-scheme/

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Old 30th Jul 2020, 11:54
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Interesting, It does appear that some of the panel lines have been filled in/softened as well.
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I hope that it as effective as the anti-gravity paint that we used on the Harriers.

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I’m reminded of when the engineers spent about 2 years engineering work on the T-84 radar at 280SU in Cyprus trying to find out why it’s detection range was only about 160nm instead of 250nm.

Then they found out that, during its last refurbishment, the contractor had painted the radome with lead based paint.....

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