Sheltered beneath a maintenance hangar, this bomber's nose carries the colorful artwork of a Western gunslinger beneath the name 'WINCHESTER "73" RED RAIDER' - a nod to popular culture of the early 1950s. Personalized nose art like this, inherited from World War II bomber crews, remained a common practice on Strategic Air Command aircraft through the Korean War period. The partial serial number and 'United States Air Force' stenciling place this photograph firmly in the postwar era, when Superfortress-type bombers continued frontline service. Project: 218710