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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Stories of warfighters coming home with a bit of ink on their skin are as old as time, but our friend David Cenciotti of The Aviationist recently shared the news that it isn't the pilots who recently ...

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 ...

Team Dover's maintenance groups hosted an airplane nose art unveiling ceremony March 22 at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The nose artwork, titled "Keep 'em Flying" by renowned artist Greg ...

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 ...

One cool traditional hot rod detail that looks great if it's done right is some well-placed World War II aircraft nose art. Hot rod roadsters built in the style of the late '40s and early '50s are ...

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