The massive fighter sat proudly, fully covered in gloss black paint ... painting the nose art. Jen would use the Axalta urethane paint for the lettering and to block in the white and yellow ...

Without any surviving photos of its original nose art, the team undertook extensive ... "Currawong" was chosen-a nod to the black-and-white Australian magpie featured on the squadron's patch.

Razor teeth, wagging tongue, and a 300-yard stare from black, dead eyes, focused at the spot where the warplane’s guns converge. The airplane nose art presented the face of aggression ...