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Anti-flash white is a brilliant white color commonly seen on United States, British and Soviet nuclear bombers.[1] The purpose of the color was to reflect some of the thermal radiation from a nuclear explosion, protecting the aircraft and its occupants.
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United Kingdom
Anti-flash white was used on the Royal Air Force V bombers force and the Royal Navy Blackburn Buccaneer when used in the nuclear strike role. British nuclear bombers were given – though not at first, until the problem was considered – pale pink and blue roundels rather than the traditional dark red, white, and blue.
Anti-flash white was applied to several British prototype aircraft, including the British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2.
United States
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.
China
Some variants of the Xian H-6 had the under side of the fuselage painted anti-flash white.
Aircraft
In addition to these military aircraft, Concorde was painted white to protect the aluminium skin from aerodynamic heating.
Aircraft with at least part of the fuselage painted anti-flash white on nuclear delivery variants:
- V bombers
- Blackburn Buccaneer
- BAC TSR-2 prototype
- Saunders-Roe SR.53 interceptor prototype
- Convair B-36
- Boeing B-47 Stratojet
- Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
- North American A-5 Vigilante
- North American XB-70 Valkyrie prototype
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References
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- Gunston, Bill (March 1981). "The V-Bombers - The Handley Page Victor - part 3". Aeroplane Monthly.
- ^ "B36 in "anti-atom" finish over Kent" (PDF). Flight: 741. 11 November 1955. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1955/1955%20-%201624.html.
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