Nose art for Cobra Ball

RC-135S COBRA Ball 61-2662 departs RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk on December 11 as ‘Olive 55’. Operated by the 45th Reconnaissance Squadron, part of the 55th Wing, stationed at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, it wears recently applied nose art. Named Snake Bite, it depicts a cobra with two ballistic missiles behind it. The aircraft was an unplanned visitor to Mildenhall having diverting into the base three days earlier after a problem with diplomatic clearance. After flying from the US, 61-2662 was