Nose of Rivet Joint RC-135 at Prince Sultan Air Force Base, Saudi Arabia, during Operation Iraqi Freedom, in April 2003.
Coincidentally, fellow Department of the Air Force art program contributing artist, Col (Ret) Mark Pestana, flew this very same tail numbered aircraft during his tenure as a pilot.
Pestana served as a pilot and RC-135 aircraft commander with the 38th Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, in the 1980s, logging 213 operational missions in sensitive airspace.