During the Korean War, the practice flared up again. Though most common on Air Force planes, the Navy and Marines increasingly used nose art through the Vietnam era. Though nose art endured for a ...

nose art painting began for practical reasons of identifying friendly aircraft. The practice then evolved to express the ...

Although the Flying Tigers are most strongly associated with the shark nose ... planes were outdated compared to the likes of Japan's Mitsubishi A6M Zero, one of the most legendary planes of WW2.