U.S. media reveal the complexity of stealth paint maintenance: a change of lamp will have to be repainted.

Ficographic: Stealth fighter aircraft every time the need for the maintenance of the body surface cover to the surrounding stealth
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reference news network reported on February 26 U.S. media reported that although the F-22 and F-35 and other fifth-generation advanced fighter pilots often become the focus of attention, but the maintenance of these aircraft surface coating ground crews are the real hero.
The performance of these advanced stealth fighters will diminish over time, making them easy to detect by enemy radars, the bi-monthly website of the National Interest reported on February 23rd.
The plane is detected by radar, it will be shot down," said Sgt. Joshua Moon, a stealth aircraft structural technician with the 192nd Fighter Jet Unit, during the "Red Flag" exercise in Nevada. If not detected, the pilot can complete his mission and go deep behind the enemy. It was too late when the enemy found him. Without us, the pilot could have been found or shot down, so our job is to make the pilot's life and death.
while conventional maintenance personnel can replace parts or do other repair work for the aircraft, stealth performance maintainers have a harder job, even after repairs have been completed, to ensure that the fifth-generation aircraft remains stealthy.
the lamp rack of a warplane that I am now repairing has a problem, " said Mr. Mooen, a police minister. As the interior of the lamp frame needs to be repaired, we must remove the radar absorbent material and remove all fixtures so that repairs can be carried out. Once the lamp frame has been repaired, we need to re-coat it with coatings and materials to ensure that the aircraft is 100% ready. "
fact, in the case of F-22s, the U.S. Air Force has been very careful to ask for more information about the performance of its coatings and what tasks they can be assigned to.
U.S. Air Force said the Red Flag exercise was an opportunity for F-22s and all crew, both on-flight and ground, to conduct tests under some of the toughest conditions. Sergeant William, who is in charge of intelligence analysis at Operation 1st Operations Support Squadron, said: "These exercises provide our pilots with some of the closest practical training, so they need to be able to match the performance and performance of their aircraft so that they can gain practical experience." Fighters will behave exactly the same in this environment as they do in combat. "