Do you have V-glasses for your F-16V, invisible or non-existent paint?

A few days ago an article was published on this topic With the supposed non-issue of the Have Glass V-type coating (A special coating that reduces the aircraft’s electromagnetic signature) for our Air Force’s F-16V fighters.

We mention here that the Palestinian Authority is upgrading 83 F-16C/C Block 52+/52+Adv fighters to the F-16 Block 70/72 level. The program is of course very late (due to ODA responsibility) and it is good not to throw the ball on the platform. However, we recall that the Palestinian Authority received consent For update in the distant 2017 year of USA. Approval then included 123 aircraft (and Block 50), plus everything else required for the upgrade.

However, in the context of widespread anti-Americanism, this particular report has been republished by numerous websites (either as such, or as the basis for new articles). So “Unreleased Have Glass V” went viral and many believed it. Our readers make corresponding comments.

So let us provide information and clarification here. You have Glass V coating…nonexistent! In short, not releasing non-existent material is being discussed! What applies; There are already dyes of this type You have the first and second glass For F-16C/D fighters. Currently, the next generation of dyes is You have the fourth glass. There is no V-code, and there probably never will be (although some modeling sites, which add to the confusion, list it as an F-16 tinting and paint scheme).

Apparently, since the 1990s, our Air Forces have been licensed and given Glaze I and II coatings. They are also expensive solutions, as the use of the Greek F-16C/D is not a “straight” flight over the Aegean Sea, but with wear of these overlays. However, these glass versions were not requested in the 2017 request to upgrade our F-16 aircraft, as they were previously approved.

Now IV (not V) is a new livery applied to a few USAF F-16C/Ds. Because the USAF is converting its F-16s to F-16Vs and will keep them until 2050, it now has enough F-35As for low-surveillance missions. Let’s go further: to date, this particular version of this paint has not been exported anywhere, Because they are expensive and difficult to maintain, but also a “unique” for the US Air Force, Which is used in some aircraft for SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defense) missions. We confirm that the Palestinian Authority has not yet requested this – any other information – So there is no doubt about her release.

We are sorry to have to write this article, but as we also wrote in our text about direct assignments and interstate agreements, the situation is starting to get out of control due to problematic information about several purchases of equipment and related software.

In the case of the non-existent Have Glass V coating, as we have more information about it, we can and will update our readers. We’ll come back to today’s other equipment, which also looks different. We simply record incorrect information, so as not to leave “holes”.