Judging from the air shows held in various countries, the fighter jets of many participating countries will deliberately change into bright liveries to attract the attention of the audience. In fact, this habit can be traced back to Richterhofen during World War I, that is, the famous Red Baron. Richterhofen painted his fighters all over red, you know, he was flying a triplane, and the red baron painted red on the battlefield would naturally attract the most firepower, which made his "hate value" the highest no matter what the air battle. After all, in the air battle, the more conspicuous the color will be found by the opponent, the greater the probability, if it is in accordance with normal painting, then the opponent's visibility at a distance will be much lower, and the Red Baron is different, at a long distance can see a bright red fighter flying. In the early days of the war, the pilots did not have much psychological shadow on the Red Baron, and in the middle and late stages of the war, basically the British and French pilots began to be afraid when they saw the red-painted aircraft, and even the combat efficiency on the battlefield would be reduced a lot.
By The time of World War II, however, fewer people had done so. After all, if the flying technology is not strong enough, then doing so is equivalent to dying on the battlefield, and no one will think that they have lived too long. Not to mention that the average pilot is not allowed to paint the aircraft at all, often only a pilot in the addition of an aviation force to determine what their "lifetime landline" is, if anyone can paint the aircraft casually, then in the end everyone's aircraft will be painted strange, thus affecting the combat effectiveness on the battlefield. It can be said that those who can paint on the plane themselves are just flaunting their might, and novices will be well lectured by the ground staff, and then the pilot himself will brush the paint down.
By now, only air show units are often free to paint their own aircraft, and although other aviation units are allowed to do very little painting on the aircraft, most people still do not do so. Because on the battlefield, in addition to using radar to identify identity, it will also be through the fuselage coating to distinguish which side the aircraft belongs to, if the air defense combatants on the ground are not familiar with these special livery, then they may think that this is an enemy fighter that has changed its own identification code, and directly uses the air defense weapons in its hands to shoot it down.
At present, the fighters of various countries are mainly light gray and sky blue, although radar is now used for identification in most cases, but in close combat, the pilot's visual vision is also very important, after all, only when visually looking at the target can you fire close-range fighting shells or cannons to attack. That is to say, today's pilots are often not allowed to alter their own aircraft, at most brushing a shark's mouth on the nose of the aircraft, or writing some slogans on both sides of the aircraft.
It is worth mentioning that bomber pilots during World War II often liked to paint a glance at their fuselages. After all, most of the time, bombers were sent out in droves, not caring about the high visibility caused by this painting. For example, a B-17 bomber numbered 41-24485, the pilot of this bomber, Colonel Morgan, painted a beautiful woman wearing a bikini, and this bomber was named The Memphis Beauty, which carried out a total of 25 bombing missions on the battlefield, not only dropped countless bombs, but even took time to shoot down eight fighters. In fact, the significance of this small coating is very important, and it is regarded as the "morale badge" of the Air Force. It is precisely for this reason that most countries allow pilots to carry out a little modification, if you want to reproduce the Red Baron, then it may take a lot of courage and superior love, after all, modern fighters are often tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, which belong to national assets and cannot be changed indiscriminately. (Goo Lee)