From: chance wolf (chance_wolf@shaw.ca)
Date: Tue Apr 20 2004 - 12:04:02 PDT
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From: "Ron" <rojoha@comcast.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 11:24 AM
Subject: [MV] Base Commanders Cars
> At the
> Patriots Day Parade in Lexington, Mass yesterday, the CO of Hanscom AFB
was
> being driven around in a 2 dr Ford Taurus, blue on the bottom with a white
> roof, gray velour interior. Curtis Lemay woulda nuked the Pentagon
> Procurement office if they saddled him with such a ride!
I just went through all that research for Air Force staff cars awhile ago,
and where local movie folks were convinced there was a certain type of
standardized vehicle decked out in a certain special colour and scheme and
found universally on all Air Bases, the US Air Force folks confirmed (and
backed it up with documentation) that most of their vehicles are now
"civilian models procured in a suitable shade of commercially available
blue" (and they mentioned those very Taureses above, too!) which may or may
not have markings and 'extra' bumper mounted unit ID or task-oriented metal
plates.
Work just got hold of a 1987 Air Force 1 ton van which seemed to be painted
the AF Strata (or is it Stratos? I forget) Blue with the standard type
yellow markings, but this type of van seems to have been ordered as special
purpose equipment, where I guess staff cars are procured more generically.
I agree with the Lemay comment. Heh.
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