Recent content by pxdig

Cougar32d, If you read the first page of this thread, you will see that I did exactly that and even THEY couldn't tell me what this tricolor bomb symbolizes. I have sent this same question/pic to several historical organizations and so far, no replies.....

I spoke to the USAF civilan who is in charge of the museum/static displays. He told me he had obtained that graphic from some early pictures of the actual heaven's above, but even HE did not know the meaning of it. He also told me the displays are always in a state of being upgraded and...

Well, mine was a "gut" guess based on what appeared reasonable to me. But I know it was just a guess. Yours was a somewhat "educated" guess, but a guess none the less since you still dont know. Again, I wonder if anyone knows what this symbol represents?

If you notice the color of the bomb is red white and blue. This is the same paint scheme as the flag of France. If I was guessing I would say it was a deployment tour completed on French soil. To me is sounds much more likely than dropping food and supplies, especially when they would have...

Guys, no offense but a humanitarian mission in the shape of a bomb ???

Hello everyone, I have never posted on this forum before but I have a question that perhaps someone here can help me with. I was at Lackland AFB thsi morning adn while looking at the static displays I found a B-17 with a very different looking graphic on the nose. The bomber had the...