This paint job serves as a tribute to the 122nd Fighter Wing's nickname, The Blacksnakes. It's also been an important tool for recruiting purposes and outreach in the community in Indiana.

The 65th Aggressor Squadron commander, Lt. Col. Brandon Nauta, and Lt. Col. Michael Albrecht, fly in a two-ship F-35A Lightning II formation from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, June 9, 2022.

One could argue that the F-16 Fighting Falcon plane doesn’t need any special paint job to be the coolest thing in the air. After all, the Viper, as pilots call it, is the world’s most popular ...

An F-15C Eagle with the California Air National Guard's 144th Fighter Wing takes flight after receiving a patriotic paint job in celebration of the jet hitting 10,000 hours of flight time, Oct. 22 ...

At least, the 149th Fighter Wing seemed to think so in 2017, when the wing celebrated the 70th birthday of the Air Force by painting one of its F-16s in the 1944 paint scheme of the 396th Fighter ...

He achieved all of his victories flying the HD.1, and while it wasn't one of the top WWI fighter aircraft, it was a formidable plane. On one occasion, Coppens engaged a balloon in an unusual tactic.