Finnish warplanes could be made more difficult for enemies to identify in war with a proposed change to the patchwork emblem.
A major change is coming to the Polish Air Force’s emblem: a fresh low-detectability checkerboard pattern designed to ensure the country’s F-35 jets can fly with the most stealth.
During the Cold War, the idea of camouflaged aircraft spread across the Atlantic.
” Tactical marking colour in the United States appeared in the 1980s, starting with the popular F-117 Nighthawk”, Kacper BakuĊa of the Armament Agency told Euronews.
” Keeping a steady color tone for aircraft signs was intended to make army reconnaissance more challenging from the beginning. This was based on lessons learned from World War II and the well-known shootouts of the time, when army identifying wasn’t particularly difficult.
The new Finnish law recommended “in instances justified by safety requirements or functional conditions” to mix with the warrior jet’s surface in shades of grey.
” On the one hand, this is a company’s necessity, on the other, it is a need of the current field”, says Cezary Tomczyk, secretary of state in the Ministry of National Defence.
The camouflaged patchwork on fifth-generation fighter jet was also created to limit radar detection, especially from causes unfriendly to NATO allies.
According to Brigadier General Pilot Wojciech Pikua, assistant examiner of the Air Force,” Yet a little, defining element on the aircraft’s aircraft can lead to visual recognition and the identification of its regional affiliation.”
” This is why it is put forth that the colors should be in colour colors similar to those on the F-35.”
On Wednesday, the government plan was presented to congress.