Re: Nose art on US warplanes

From: BUFDRVR (bufdrvr_at_aol.com)
Date: 10/26/04

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    Doomster wrote:

    >Nowadays, you don't see any nose art on US military planes (maybe
    >the A-10 Warthog's shark jaw?).

    You'll see nose art on almost every B-52 and B-1 as well as some airlift
    aircraft and KC-135s.

    Here's some B-1B Nose art:

    http://www.drublair.com/noseart.html

    and B-52 nose art:

    http://www.afrc.af.mil/hq/pa/gallery/09july02/070902-02highres.htm

    http://home.earthlink.net/~jaffee/fullscale/b52-art.jpg

    http://www.airliners.net/open.file/609773/L/

    This web site has a list and pictures:

    http://www.sharpshooter-maj.com/html/profil05.htm

    BUFDRVR

    "Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
    everyone on Bear Creek"

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