War Paint
James Battig, a fabrication work leader with the 55th Maintenance Squadron, delicately places the first of many nose art pieces onto an RC-135S Cobra Ball while parked in dock 4 of the Bennie Davis Maintenance Facility on Sept. 2, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. The Cobra Ball had the first higher headquarters approved art, a serpent tightly coiled around a black sphere. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Josh Plueger/Released)