WEBVTT STORY OF A SPECIAL BOND ACROSS GENERATIONS. >> EVER SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID I'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO FIND -- AN AIRPLANE THAT MY GRANDFATHER HAD FLOWN. BILL TROMBLAY IS A PILOT AND AIRPLANE ...

Do you know that various things are drawn on fighter and bomber aircraft? Some people have seen things like eyes and mouth like sharks in movies etc. Or since there are few women in the battlefield, ...

Behind every painted nose on a WWII aircraft was a story - of camaraderie, humor, and determination. This video uncovers the tales of the airmen and artists who brought these designs to life, blending ...

When it comes to home-grown decoration of military aircraft, Matthew Burchette knows it all — from topless cherry-picking pin-ups of the ’40s to the consumer-culture imagery of the present. And the ...

Air Force fighters and bombers are soaring into the wild blue yonder with new paint jobs, quietly reviving an old tradition. The decorative painting and designs on the noses and wings of Air Force ...

With flicks of a brush, Fernando Cortez breathed life into iconic art he created 33 years ago. Over the past week, he's restored the luster to a blond beauty, adorning the nose of a B-25 Mitchell ...

You won’t have to go far in the Museum of Aviation to find one of the most recognized pieces of plane -- nose art -- in military history. Of course, I refer to the sharks mouth on our P-40 in the ...

Gary Velasco, of Ruckersville, has a passion for World War II history and aviation. For the past 25 years, he has made his living creating artistic reproductions of WWII airplane “nose art” ...

Click to open image viewer. SI-2000-4753: SSgt Robert Serotkin painting nose art on Boeing F-13A "Margie's Mad Greek III," 1945. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection ...

It's called nose art. The images that aircrew painted onto their bombers and fighters during the Second World War as good luck omens to bring them home safely. They could be cartoon characters or, ...

The first six of a dozen deployed United States Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles from the 492nd Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, recently returned from the Middle East to Royal Air Force (RAF) ...