Raptorz

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/04/2015 at 15:04 • Filed to: planelopnik

Raptors of the 90th FS from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson partrol the Alaskan skies.

Photo by by John Dibbs via !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

DISCUSSION (10)

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > ttyymmnn
09/04/2015 at 15:08

murica

ttyymmnn > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
09/04/2015 at 15:08

Very.

TheOnelectronic > ttyymmnn
09/04/2015 at 15:35

Question: What’s with the differently-colored panels? Is it part of the camouflage, or what?

ttyymmnn > TheOnelectronic
09/04/2015 at 15:43

I’m not certain, but I believe that the nose cone is a different color because of the material it is made out of is different from the rest of the plane since the radar is housed behind it. Other panels may also differ in construction, and the light is reflecting differently in different places. Overall, it’s painted in a standard low-vis livery, but I can’t find any specific info on it right now.

T5Killer > ttyymmnn
09/04/2015 at 15:47

That and the panels may have been re coated/painted at different times after maintenance. Not sure how maintenance folks deal with stealth coatings but I know we (Army Helicopter folks) sometimes had to repaint panels of it got scraped or dinged up during removal/maintenance.

TheOnelectronic > ttyymmnn
09/04/2015 at 15:48

Isn’t the coating a big part of stealth, though? I’d imagine it wouldn’t work well unpainted at all.

ttyymmnn > TheOnelectronic
09/04/2015 at 15:58

The coating plays a part, but also the shape and the materials.

wafflesnfalafel > ttyymmnn
09/04/2015 at 23:06

so did these folks go say “howdy” to those Chinese ships recently?

ttyymmnn > wafflesnfalafel
09/04/2015 at 23:10

I imagine they did. I hope they went tits out, like in this photo.

Gilbertda > TheOnelectronic
09/05/2015 at 10:17

Possibly condensation? Different sections at different temperatures....fuel areas, electronics, engine(s), intakes...speculating here...