I was looking at the F111F in hangar and realised it had a glossy finish. Now I remember from when I was a kid watching discovery channel that this new paint scheme included RAM. radar absorbant materials. Most USAF aircratf had this by 2000’s. The idea was that the nuetral grey scheme was better for upper middle atmosphere than the Black found on the F117.
I knew instantly that this was wrong. So I did a little research. And found this:
Operation Have Glass I/II.
Anyway the paintscheme specifically is called FS 36118. For that aircraft, but by the 2000’s all US aircraft or most had it. Like the B52h in game has that scheme.
I was wondering how much of this was modeled in game to affect RCS with different load outs, angles and paintschemes.
The F111’s for example put Plutonium on there triple plow intakes to absorb incoming RADAR signals.
Finding information is hard, but the B1b had this paint scheme and that is well known for being stealth.
I am having issues finding information. The internet gets locked down because of COVID and what not. Getting information is harder than it seems, but I remember! The intake cowls had a Plutonium coating that would emit alpha particles and beta… Probably evan gamma… IDK the exact isotope. But this forcefield would absorb incoming RADAR to a degree as well.
I had it on the old forum if anybody can remember. The source is gone about the Pu coating on intakes, but it is real.
Here triple plow ii & i pictured respectivly.
Notice the gold Pu coating on the inside of the triple plow ii intake.