| Painted Ladies Modern Militar Contributor(s): Walker, Randy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0887403921 ISBN-13: 9780887403927 Publisher: Schiffer Publishing OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Aviation |
| LCCN: 91067900 |
| Series: Schiffer Military History |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.9" W x 11.6" (1.40 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Today\s nose art has become the rule and not the exception throughout the bomber and tanker fores of Strategic Air Command, and although Tactical Air Command frowns on non-standard markings of any sort, several TAC gained Air National Guard units have artwork on their aircraft. \nTradition plays a large part in modem nose art. As shown in Randy Walkers\ new book cartoons and sexy ladies have returned. Names like Memphis Belle, Chow Hound and Maid in the USA, that once went to war on B-17s and B-24s are now carried by B-52s and FB-111s, as well as many other modem aircraft. \nThis modem nose art is often applied by a professional artist, though it is sometimes painted by members of the unit, and in the process some excellent artwork has been created. |