Umm.. not saying you are wrong here, but why does the VKS jets have the bright and fairly light color underneath 90% of all their fighters?
If you are talking about operating over 40k ft, for a prolonged time, then the only Nato jet that comes to mind is F-22.. well if they finally have sorted out the returning from missions suffering from hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation.
90% if not more of all the fighter jets are operating in the low to Medium altitude where you have the optimum performance between juce/air for engines and less drag.
If your point is that the color does not judge the detection of any jet, then claiming it has to be darker for very high altitude.. well..
Most are lighter on the underside due to visibility from the ground. The greys seem to blend better with horizon when flying above cloud level.
40k isn’t particularly high for fighter aircraft. Most operate between 30-40 thousand feet.
And no, drag decreases as altitude increases, while engine power may also decrease, this is partially offset by decrease in drag.
As far as colors, my point is they don’t necessarily determine mission set. Russia uses colors they believe are low visibility, NATO fighters are mostly in shades of low vis grey as that was determined to make them less visually detectable at the altitudes they typically operate at (30,000-40,000 ft).
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