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Anti-flash White Color
Anti-flash White - #F2F3F4
Anti-flash white is a brilliant white color commonly seen on United States,
British and Soviet nuclear bombers. The purpose of the color was to reflect
some of the thermal radiation from a nuclear explosion, protecting the aircraft
and its occupants.
Many Strategic Air Command nuclear bombers carried anti-flash white without
insignia on the under side of the fuselage with light silver-gray or natural
metal (later light camouflage) on the upper surfaces.
The United States Navy A-5 Vigilante carried anti-flash white without insignia
on the under side of the fuselage
Soviet Union/Russia:
Like the United States, some nuclear bombers had the under side of the fuselage
painted anti-flash white with the upper surfaces painted light silver-gray. The
Tupolev Tu-160 of the 1980s was the first to be painted anti-flash white all
over.
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