On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:43:37 GMT, "Flubke" etched the
phosphur particles on my screen with the following:

A little question, below the cockpit of the A10 for example, there has been
painted a fake cockpit. Maybe it sounds a little stupid but I don't get the
military use of that. Can anybody explain me why they do that. I've seen it
a dozen times and I simply don't get it.

It's a camo technique to make bad guys think that the a/c is oriented
differently.