"Camouflage"

In the photo, this F- 16D block52+ multi-role fighter belonging to the Greek Air Force is covered with dusty stripes on the fuselage surface, as if wearing a camouflage suit, which is obviously different from the gray-black painting of the common F- 16D fighter. In fact, this is not a special camouflage painting, but the surface painting has scratches.

F- 16 is a single-engine single/two-seat fighter developed by American General Dynamics Company. The total output is close to 4000 sets, which are equipped in more than 30 countries and regions. It is the third generation fighter with the largest output and the largest number of equipment in the world.

The Greek Air Force began to introduce F- 16 series fighters from 1985, and the cumulative number of purchased fighters was close to 200, most of which were advanced F- 16C/D fighters. The most important feature of the latest F- 16 block 52+ multi-role fighter is that it is equipped with a conformal fuel tank, which can carry 3,000 pounds of fuel without sacrificing the number of weapons, further expanding the operational radius. The F- 16D block52+ multi-role fighter is equipped with back and electronic warfare equipment, which can cooperate with various air-to-air/air-to-ground missiles to enhance its multi-role combat capability. In addition, the F- 16C/D fighter plane adopts special stealth coating, which has certain stealth capability. This new generation stealth coating based on stealth coating used in F-35 fighter can reduce the radar cross-sectional area of fighter by more than 1/3.

The Greek Air Force is equipped with six fighter squadrons of F- 16c/d, which should be able to meet Greece's own defense needs with a land area of only10.3 million square kilometers and a population of about10.65438+0 million. However, this is not the case. For various reasons, the relationship between Greece and neighboring Turkey has been tense. In this context, the daily combat readiness tasks of the Greek Air Force are not easy or even overloaded. The F- 16C/D fighter of the Greek Air Force has been overloaded for a long time, and its combat capability has been affected, especially the exquisite stealth coating on the fighter fuselage, which can't stand the use of such high frequency. Part of the coating of this F- 16D block52+ multi-role fighter has fallen off, showing dust stripes, and its stealth performance is naturally greatly reduced. However, most of the fighters equipped by the air forces of several countries in this region are third-generation fighters, among which the combat capability of F- 16C/D fighters is still outstanding.