The fierce shark teeth on some warplanes have their roots in World Wars I and II, and they continue on today. Here's why ...

World War II’s legendary American Volunteer Group, the “Flying Tigers,” made the shark mouth famous, but they weren’t the first to paint it on airplanes.

But the aircraft is also famous for some ferocious nose art, especially the shark's mouth. An A-10 pilot told Insider about the history of the shark teeth war paint. See more stories on Insider's ...

Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Air Force’s A-10 Thunderbolt II, nearing the end of its service, recently received a fresh application of its iconic shark teeth nose art by the 23rd Maintenance ...

The rough skin of sharks has long been known for the low friction of its myriad tiny, sharp-edged scales. Airbus tested aircraft in the 1990s which were partially covered with a foil that mimicked ...

An Australian startup has developed an adhesive film inspired by shark skin that reduces drag on aircraft and could cut fuel use by 4%.

In its never-ending quest to develop more aerodynamic, more fuel-efficient aircraft, the aviation industry believes the ocean’s oldest predator, the shark, could hold the key to cutting energy ...

JAL pins hope on ‘shark-skinned’ aircraft to cut carbon emissions By RYO SASAKI/ Staff Writer. March 5, 2025 at ... when applied to paint used to coat aircraft bodies.

During World War II, the Luftwaffe's BF 110 aircraft and ME-110 fighter planes included the iconic shark, with the Royal Air Force then incorporating it on its P-40 fighter planes in North Africa.

The intake on the Curtiss P-40, an Allied fighter and ground-attack aircraft, lent itself to a shark mouth design. The first P-40s to feature the shark mouth war paint were the British Royal Air ...