Honestly, am I the only one who thinks it's stupid painting a non-military aircraft in military paint schemes? I know people do it for all different reasons, and it's their airplane and money, but meh....
Working Flightline Ops at OSH, every year there are a few RVs and even a Skyhawk in military livery that wants to park in Warbirds, so they show the “WB” card in their windows.
We send the RVs down to homebuilt (and they are quite pissed but oh well) but the Skyhawks could be T-41 Mescalaros, which are as valid as a T-34, so we send them down to Warbirds and let those poor bastards sort it out.
I have no problem with military paint schemes if the plane has some military heritage, like a T-41 or an L-17 Navion, Stinson L-5, even a Piper Cub.
But you gotta love the Invasion Stripes on an RV-8. Also, you have to be careful. I was talking to someone about a particular airplane, and someone told me he was a famous fighter pilot. Not sure if it was Bud Anderson or something, but that taught me to respect what people are trying to do to honor the military. Sure there are some wannabe fighter pilots, but others walked the walk.