Originally Posted by
Ewan Whosearmy
It seems odd that people get perpetually wound up and 'offended' by pictures adorned to the sides of
instruments of war. It's equally odd that someone who is paid to go to war and kill / be part of the kill chain, would have their gyros so easily toppled by such images.
I've only ever seen one bit of nose art that made me sit and up and think it was going too far, and that was an on F-105 in SEA. At the time, F-105 pilots were dropping like flies, so it occurred to me that perhaps this little morale booster was worth the offence that anyone might have taken.
Link below. Probably NSFW, and definitely not safe for one particular poster on this forum:
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Ooooh..........light the blue touch paper and stand well back! There are some talented artists in the military!