Originally Posted By: MK_PL
Another article from not a very reliable source smile

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/1999/07/04/seeing-through-stealth.html

'Some of its designers argued that a milky blue color would provide better camouflage, but the Air Force "didn't think that was manly enough and ordered them painted black,"'

LOL


banghead

This article is rather about the politics of US military funding, than the actual event.

Last edited by Hpasp; 08/16/11 07:09 AM.
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