The claim was confirmed by John Cottam, Lockheed-Martin F-22 Program Manager, 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. At the time the USAF said that one of the reasons of this problem were climatic conditions affecting the area of operations. The radar-absorbing coating, that hides the Raptor from radars in fact, warped and started to peel off. Air Force releases F-22’s photos during aerial refueling mission above an ‘undisclosed location’ /R0NqIxj0jpĪs we have previously reported the F-22 Raptor stealth fighters started to lose their radar-absorbing coating in 2016 while they are taking part in military operation in Syria.
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