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Hmm. Why don't they have some planes for training (when stealth isn't required) that don't have the special coating on them/maintained (and that might be applie
by jrs235 5y ago
Hmm. Why don't they have some planes for training (when stealth isn't required) that don't have the special coating on them/maintained (and that might be applied in times of need)?
- LinuxBender 5y agoI don't have an official answer but I can chime in a little. The military do have training aircraft but will always keep armed aircraft in the skies to protect the country from domestic threats. Every single week one of them is called down to intercept a general aviation aircraft that didn't read NOTAMs and violated a TFR. We only hear about those because the communication is on ATC frequencies. I'm sure there are many other things they do that we don't hear about.
- LargoLasskhyfv 5y agoI don't get how your answer applies to the specific question of why not have some of them without maintained stealth coating. That's different from armed and has nothing to do with check-ups on general aviation and commercial planes violating airspace restrictions, or having set up their transponders wrongly, or failed in the air. How is working stealth relevant for that?