what happened to camouflage ?
I can see that as low level tactics have made way for higher altitude ops that aircraft have tended to be painted lighter greys, such as what has happened to the RAF mud mover fleets over the last decade or so. But it now seems almost all military aircraft in the west are devoid of any form of disruptive camouflage scheme. If two or more tones of paint are used they are joined with essentially straight lines. And if there are different tones used they are just different shades of grey - greens and browns seem to have disappeared completely.
Can anyone shed any light on why camouflage patterns have disappeared (no pun intended)?
I was surprised that the dazzle schemes produced by Keith Ferris in the 1980s never caught on, they seemed like they would be very effective. Still, the Canadians implemented the false canopy on their Hornets - can anyone comment on how effective it was to operate against?