A wife of a Fairchild AFB tanker pilot set up this website hoping to sell a few shirts in honor of those lost in the KC-135 crash last week. Little did she know they would sell over 2200 and counting! This crash really hit home for me as they were a Fairchild crew which was my last assignment as a Boom Operator and I've flown the same mission they were doing countless times.

With Zane's permission here is a link to the shirt. Thanks Z!

http://campaign.customink.com/shell77

Here's the poem on the back

NKAWTG!! Nobody Kicks Ass Without Tanker Gas!!

Joey (KC-135 Boom Operator 1999-2005 120+ combat missions over Iraq and Afghanistan)

Vectors to the Tanker

I’ve got troops in contact Pinned down by the Tali Made one more pass, way low on gas “I need vectors for the tanker.”

Tonight my wounded warriors Need medevac to Landstuhl. A double A/R out of Kandahar “I need vectors for the tanker.”

The Kims and their kin are at it again, In far away Korea We are looking tough, with my cell of Buffs “I need vectors to the tanker.”

Earthquake, flood or famine The world needs US aid The air bridge is faster, to any disaster “I need vectors to the tanker.”

NKAWTG! We take pride in this expression. Day or night, we fuel the fight. “I need vectors to the tanker.”

A CSAR helo has been launched A grim hunt for 3 survivors. A burned patch is found, now hallowed ground. “I need vectors to the tanker.”

Today a crew is coming home. Boom stowed and bound for heaven. They passed their gas, now haulin’ ass. “I need vectors for the tanker.”

All SAC aircrews please stand by This is GOD on “Guard.” Lemay and I from up on high “Are giving vectors to the tanker.”