Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh III in late November ordered wing commanders to scour work areas for pornographic or offensive materials that sexually objectify men or women, and for other "unprofessional" items.
Welsh's order came on the heels of media reports of sexual harassment and hostile working conditions for female airmen, and in the midst of a growing scandal centered on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, over sexual misconduct by Air Force instructors toward trainees.
The most wide-ranging category covered 27,598 "inappropriate/offensive" items. It included sexually suggestive posters in public areas, obscene cartoons and more than 200 images of aircraft nose art, some dating to World War II. Air Force Special Operations command removed several examples found in the interior of its aircraft.
"We don't want to paint over the Memphis Belle," said Air Force spokesman Maj. Joel Harper. But, he added, commanders had broad discretion to decide what crosses the line. A complete article on the report from military.com can be found here.
Apparently, the following aircraft would have been seized if this raid were conducted in 1945 to today's standards:
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