Militiamen And Oath Keepers Drew Weapons, Threatened To Kill Each Other

[JohnnyRingo]

124. WWII "bomber art" is a true American art genre.

Fighter planes were often painted too, and the art form was carried over to the crew's leather flight jackets as well. It usually involved one guy in the unit who could make a tidy sum with a paint brush and a talented hand as there would be many planes in a squadron.

The unique art form often emulated the famous Vargas girls of that era. Actual nudity was frowned upon by visiting high level officers, and there are stories where the crew would use water colors to temporarily paint a bikini on the girl. It was a big morale thing. Too bad someone lost that pic, I'd like to have seen it. People have published colorful coffee table art books on the subject.

In the warthog pic, that's a contemporary plane, the A10 "Warthog". That protrusion from the warthog's mouth is a large gatling gun with electrically rotating cannon barrels. It fires armor piercing ammo and is so big it lies under the pilot's seat. Since it's like seven rapid fire machine guns in one, it can unload an amazing amount of lead in a very short period of time. Also unofficially nicknamed "The Flying Can Opener", it's primarily used as an anti-tank weapon.