Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
news:qbqe09013vj@drn.newsguy.com:
> https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28094/air-force-f-16-aggressor-em
> erges-in-russian-su-57-like-ghost-paint-scheme
>
> The much anticipated "ghost" scheme F-16C belonging to the 64th
> Aggressor Squadron based at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas has emerged from
> the paint barn. The paint job came to be via a crowdsourced
> competition on 57th Wing Commander Brigadier General Robert Novotny's
> Facebook page, with followers submitting different design ideas and
> voting on each one in a number of rounds, ending with this scheme
> being chosen. You can read all about how this competition came to be,
> the value of ornate aggressor paint jobs, and so much more in our
> interview with General Novotny.
>
> Novotny posted a video on Facebook of the jet being painted and the
> final result of everyone's engagement. If it doesn't pop up below
> automatically, you can find it here.
>
> https://www.facebook.com/NellisAFB/videos/2332930770318447/
>
> The striking motif is similar to ones worn by some of Russia's small,
> but supposedly set to grow fleet of Su-57 next-generation fighters.
>
> The new paint job appears to have four separate contrasting tones. The
> top features a digitized aqua colored pattern with a baby blue base,
> while the bottom is off-white with what appears to be a darker blue
> pattern overlaid. Of all the creative USAF aggressor paint jobs
> flying, it certainly seems to be one of the showiest.
>
> As a side note, it appears that the Navy actually beat the USAF to the
> punch when it comes to fielding the first ghost-like scheme on a U.S.
> aggressor jet. Photos popped up earlier in the week showing a legacy
> F/A-18 Hornet belonging to VFC-12 sporting a very similar motif. Did
> the Navy actively attempt preempt the USAF's high-profile reveal? That
> isn't clear at this time, but other schemes have first appeared on
> VFC-12 jets just to show up on 64th AGRS jets not long after. Then
> again, these schemes are largely driven by enemy threats that exist
> in the real world, so coincidences are bound to happen.
>
> Regardless of the possibility of a little good-natured competition
> between the services when it comes adversary paint jobs, it will be
> interesting to see the 'ghost' F-16 in the air with its new bad guy
> duds. If the scheme is well received, we will probably see it on other
> 64th AGRS jets, and who knows, maybe even aggressor F-35s, in the not
> too distant future.
>
> Above all else, the new aggressor paint design stands a testament to
> how military commanders can have a meaningful, creative, and fun
> interaction with civilians on social media that actually results in
> something tangible that people can appreciate being part of.
>
>
Looks a lot like the "dazzle" paint schemes
put on allied ships in WWII......
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