Fire Trucks at War
| US Air Force Fire Apparatus 1950s |
March 09
O-11B American LaFrance 1957
O-11A American LaFrance 1953
O-6 White-Cardox 1956
O-6 Sterling-Cardox 1951
530A 1950
530B 1954
| O-10 American LaFrance & Marmon Herrington 1950 |
O-11 Biederman 1951
| R-2 Chassis by Dodge & ACF Brill - Oneida Body Works 1953 |
| R2-A Ford 4x4, bodies by Ward LaFrance & Marmon Herrington 1956 |
| Presenting an overview of the fire apparatus used by the US Air Force during the 1950s. Not included are the Army Air Corps fire trucks inherited by the Air Force with its formation in September 1947. |
Type 750A Ward LaFrance 1953
| Type 500 International - Darly & Central 1951 |
Grand Forks Air Force Base 1950s
Type 750 Duplex-Howe 1950
Model 73 Water Tanker 1952
Otis Air Force Base 1950s
Nolan website photo
| Model F-7 2500 gallon water tanker 1950s |
Carswell Air Force Base 1952
Peterson AFB, 1957, O-11A, P-2751
Turner AFB, 1954
US Air Force photos from the Oxnard AFB, 1950s.
Biederman O-11
Class 530A rollover at Otis AFB, 51L145
Maxwell AFB Air Force Archives
| Looking for additional photos of Army & Air Force Class 530A fire apparatus Your comments or suggestions are always welcome milfireguy@comcast.net |
| We want to thank Jim McAlister former USAF Fire Fighter at MacDill AFB, FL for these great pictures. Jim now serves as a Captain for Tampa Fire Rescue. |
| Robert Owens served as a Air Force Firefighter at Bellows Air Force Station, HI, in the early 60s and sent along some photos. The 530B is a 1959 Ward LaFrance and carried USAF Reg 59L11. Thanks to Robert for his service to our country and for the photos. |
| Tom Melton served as a Air Force firefighter and sent in these photos from Otis AFB. Ths 530B #68L618 was assigned to the Bomarc missle base at Otis, 1972 Our thanks to Tom for the pixs and his service to our country. |
| Unknown Air Force firefighter at Tachikawa Airbase, Japan, 1950s. Type 0-5, Reo-Mack crash truck appears in left photo and Type 500, GM CCKW-Central sits in front of station. |
| Great view of the fire equipment at Robins Air Force Base, 1950s Photo sent in by Joe Carroll at Robins. |
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