Considering how expensive stealth coatings are to maintain on airplanes, I wonder if this makes sense. Airplanes generally have more options about when they are

Considering how expensive stealth coatings are to maintain on airplanes, I wonder if this makes sense. Airplanes generally have more options about when they are exposed to the elements than tanks as well. I also wonder how many ISIS or Taliban soldiers have radar or thermal support. I suppose it's meant to be a show of readiness against Russia, but there's no reason Russia can't adopt the tactics of ISIS and co (you could argue it already has).