Not a well-liked livery on a Starlifter!

I understand the NKAWTG stands for 'Nobody Kicks Ass Without Tanker Gas' and the other is 'Big Gas Bird'.

Shot down by a Bf 109G near Schweinfurt, Germany, on October 14, 1943. In this photo the aircraft above is casting its shadow over 42-29803. The photo was taken during a mission but over which country it was at the time is not recorded. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

This Voisin VIII (sometimes called the Voisin 8) was acquired by the US Army for evaluation. It has survived and is in the National Air and Space Museum collection. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

Sporting the chequered band and fleur-de-lys badge of 2nd BW. Arriving on runway 09 for IAT.

17 Jan '45: TOS USAAF as B-25J and assigned to the Air Technical Service Center, Brookley Field, AL. 4/45: Place in storage with several units. 10/51: Converted to TB-25J. 5/53: Upgraded TB-25L. 6/53: Converted it to TB-25M radar trainer. 4/55: Wright Air Development Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; converted to ETB-25M. 3/56: Redesignated JTB-25M. 9/59: SOC and ferried to the SAC Museum, Offutt AFB, NE. By 1994: Painted it in bogus desert camouflage scheme and named "Desert Doom" with a skull and crossbones painted on the nose. 1997: Trucked to new museum facility in Ashland, NE.

17 Jan '45: TOS USAAF as B-25J and assigned to the Air Technical Service Center, Brookley Field, AL. 4/45: Place in storage with several units. 10/51: Converted to TB-25J. 5/53: Upgraded TB-25L. 6/53: Converted it to TB-25M radar trainer. 4/55: Wright Air Development Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; converted to ETB-25M. 3/56: Redesignated JTB-25M. 9/59: SOC and ferried to the SAC Museum, Offutt AFB, NE. By 1994: Painted it in bogus desert camouflage scheme and named "Desert Doom" with a skull and crossbones painted on the nose. 1997: Trucked to new museum facility in Ashland, NE.

17 Jan '45: TOS USAAF as B-25J and assigned to the Air Technical Service Center, Brookley Field, AL. 4/45: Place in storage with several units. 10/51: Converted to TB-25J. 5/53: Upgraded TB-25L. 6/53: Converted it to TB-25M radar trainer. 4/55: Wright Air Development Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; converted to ETB-25M. 3/56: Redesignated JTB-25M. 9/59: SOC and ferried to the SAC Museum, Offutt AFB, NE. By 1994: Painted it in bogus desert camouflage scheme and named "Desert Doom" with a skull and crossbones painted on the nose. 1997: Trucked to new museum facility in Ashland, NE.

17 Jan '45: TOS USAAF as B-25J and assigned to the Air Technical Service Center, Brookley Field, AL. April/45: Place in storage with several units. October/51: Converted to TB-25J. 5/53: Upgraded TB-25L. 6/53: Converted it to TB-25M radar trainer. April/55: Wright Air Development Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; converted to ETB-25M. March/56: Redesignated JTB-25M. September/59: SOC and ferried to the SAC Museum, Offutt AFB, NE. By 1994: Painted it in bogus desert camouflage scheme and named "Desert Doom" with a skull and crossbones painted on the nose. 1997: Trucked to new museum facility in Ashland, NE.

Aircraft ready for departure but went 'tech' on threshold of runway 30 and taxiied to apron F.

SLAM96 on a late afternoon departure