July 30, 2019
Back in 2016, F-22 Raptors Lost Their Stealth. We Can Tell You How.
Yikes.
by Dario Leone
The U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-22 Raptor stealth fighters, which are taking part in military operation in Syria, have started to lose their radar-absorbing coating.
As reported by Aviation Week in fact the radar-absorbing coating, that hides the Raptor from radars, warped and started to peel off. According to the USAF one of the reasons of this problem are climatic conditions affecting the area of operations.
A claim confirmed by John Cottam, head of the F-22 program of Lockheed Martin, who noted that external factors, such as rain and sand dust, not only wrinkle and peel off the coating but also turn it into its original liquid state.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/back-2016-f-22-raptors-lost-their-stealth-we-can-tell-you-how-70126
