F-35 and F-117 Spotted Flying with Mysterious Mirror-Like Skin

It&#x27;s not mysterious. It&#x27;s there to alter the sensor (usually radar) observability properties of low-observable (stealth) aircraft -- usually to make them more detectable.<p>Citation: worked on them.

Surprising they are still flying the F-117 in limited numbers even after its official retirement. It is such a cool looking plane

They&#x27;ve also been running this skin recently on Navy ships. There was a post or two about it on the specialaccess subreddit.