I hadn't heard talk of this before but it looks like the F-22s will be getting some of the stealth treatments from the F-35. Article references reduced maintenance costs and possibly improved stealth. It's good to see some of the F-35's features rolled back into the Raptor.
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While they might not improve the RCX in theory, I wouldn't be surprised if they do operationally - since the F22 coating were hard to maintain - they might not always have been intact, if these coatings can survive normal operations better, they should improve F22 RCX operationally.
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