"What stories did WWII aircraft nose art tell? ️ From fierce animals to pin-up girls and lucky charms, these artworks captured the emotions of war. In this episode, we dive deeper into the ...

Painting these pin-up girls on the fuselages of the aircraft—and giving them names—was a way to identify and personalize the planes, and to inspire the crews. The most famous example has to be ...

The nose of a U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II displays a painted set of eyes and teeth over the aircraft’s 30-mm. GAU-8 Avenger rotary cannon during the 74th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron ...

From Looney Toons characters to shark teeth to pinup models, nose art on aircraft has a storied history in air forces around the world. Here is how it evolved.

You’ve got to love any site that starts with this Parental Advisory Notice: Parental Notice: This gallery contains historical images of Aviation Nose Art that parents may find unsuitable for ...

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 ...

Artist Fernando Cortez has been working on the nose art of a World War II vintage bomber B-25 bomber, nicknamed the "Yellow Rose," which belongs to the Commemorative Air Force and is hangared at ...

The Nose Let You Know. Though aircraft “nose art” is less common today—and likely will be truly a thing of the past as fifth-generation fighters utilize stealth capabilities that require ...

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 ...

This photo of a dashing Flight Lieutenant Neville Bowker inspired the nose art that has become inescapably linked with the Flying Tigers. It isn’t a smile. It is more a predator’s sneer. Razor ...