Re: RE: [MV] Insurance/plates in Indiana

Dave Cole (DA_Cole@compuserve.com)
Wed, 2 Dec 1998 13:43:56 -0500

This makes sense since it is a '71 truck but it isn't a bus. Perhaps it
was part of the vehicle group that was used to transport freight and
personnel to and from the air field? That would make sense.

Thanks,

Dave

Message text written by "Sean Bathrick"
>The way the Air Force numbers vehicles is as follows:
(year)(Type, ie. General Purpose, Special Purpose, etc.)(vehicle number) =

An example would be on a military type 2.5 ton truck (M-35), 87K 2143,
cilvilian type 2.5 ton would use a C. Whereas a flightline bus would hav=
e
a code of B (87B 3585). These are all actual vehicles in my unit and all=

are labeled the same way, by reg., from the biggest truck in the inventor=
y
to a flightline golf cart. I even saw bicycles in strata blue with reg
numbers on active duty. Evidently a pretty bored maintenance and paint
shop.
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