Area 51 aircraft are participating in Red Flag 22-3 this yea

[heywooood]

Apparently this is an 'all US' large force exercise and there's interesting news, including the location and possible aircraft types

Aircraft From Area 51 Are Flying In Latest Air Force Red Flag Exercise (msn.com) (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/aircraft-from-area-51-are-flying-in-latest-air-force-red-flag-exercise/ar-AAZQ9eW?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=47db4aa8033e4c008fea229802007d0c)

[stansdds]

So I wonder if this means the USAF will be introducing these into combat?

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[heywooood]

Apparently there is a new silver metallic ‘stealth coat’ on some F-22’s and it has also been
applied to a handful of remaining F-117’s held over from retirement as ‘testbed’ aircraft.