Fire Trucks at War
| US Air Force Fire Apparatus 1950s |
O-11A American LaFrance 1953
O-6 White-Cardox 1956
O-6 Sterling-Cardox 1951
| Type 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 |
| International - Darly & Central 1951 |
Grand Forks Air Force Base 1950s
Class 750 Duplex-Howe 1950
Model 73 Water Tanker 1952
Otis Air Force Base 1950s
| 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.
Maryland Air National Guard Martin Airport
| 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 Hess Carriage Co. 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 |
| 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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| 1952 International-Central 52L3781 |
| 1953 Dodge-ACF Brill-Oneida R-2 Rescue 53L8324 |
| 1954 American LaFrance O-11A 54L3355 |
| John Bywater served with the Utah Air National Guard from April 1948 to April 1951. During 1949 the unit attended a 6 week Air Force Firefighter Crash Rescueman School at Lowery AFB. John who was a crew chief on a Type O-4 crash truck sent along the above photos. John, thanks for the photos and for your service to our country. |
Crash trucks include a International-Bean Type O-4 and Reo-Cardox Type O-1
| US Air Force Fire Odds & Ends |
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| Air Force Fire Trucks In 1/35th Scale built by webmaster |
| Not an official US Air Force site. It is our mission at FTAW to keep the history alive. |
| Type O-6 White-Cardox 55L2299 |
| The Great-Great Grandfather of todays Air Force fire apparatus. 1917 American LaFrance double-tank chemical truck. Aviation Section, Signal Corps |
| Type 75 Water Tender |
| Type O-11A American LaFrance 53L6416 |
| Class 750A Ward LaFrance 53L74 |
| Above photographed at Forbes AFB, KS, 1970 by webmaster |
| Type O-7 1951 Experimental Kenworth-Hurst Industries Type O-7 & O-8 Information |
| Type O-8 1951 Experimental Kenworth-Hurst Industries Type O-7 & O-8 Information |
| Type O-12 Marmon-Herrington |
| Type O-5 1944 Former Army Class 155 |
| Type O-1 1943 Former Army Class 150 |
| Type O-3 1943 Former Army Class 135 |
| Type O-4 1942 Former Army Class 125 |
| Type O-2 1940 Former Army Class 110 |
| United States Air Force Type O-10 Airfield Crash Truck |
| "Preserving the Past for the Future" |
| Type O-11B American LaFrance Andrews AFB |
| Class 750A Ward LaFrance 54L3130 Andrews AFB |
| Class 750A Ward LaFrance Andrews AFB |
| Type O-11A American LaFrance 54L3357 Andrews AFB |
| Type O-11A American LaFrance 54L2908 Ent Air Force Base |
| Class 530A Reo-Howe 53L5662 Buckley Field, CO ANG |
| Class 500 International-Darley 52L1535 Buckley Field, CO ANG |
| Type O-11A American LaFrance 54L2760 Buckley Field, CO ANG |
| It is our privelege to present the photographs of Duane Troxel, courtesy of Steve Skaar |
| Class 530B Ward LaFrance 66L1467 Warren AFB, WY Not 1950s, but we love 530Bs |
| Class 750A Ward LaFrance 55L2533 Lowery Air Force Base |
| Class 750A Ward LaFrance 55L1910 US Air Force Academy |
| Class 750A Ward LaFrance 56L1649 US Air Force Academy |
| Class 530B Hess Carriage Works 59L1 US Air Force Academy |
| 1954 Reo- ? Type 75 water tanker US Air Force Academy |
| Class 750A Ward LaFrance 55L1911 US Air Force Academy |
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| Class 750A from Offutt AFB 1953 |
| Firefighting Weasel from Offutt AFB No Information 1953 |
| Type O-4 at Otis AFB |
| Class 500 International-Darley P-2239 |
| Type O-11A pictured at the American LaFrance factory 1953 |
| R-2 Rescue Truck 53L9422 Wheeler Field Shawn Ryan Photo |
| Type O-10 American LaFrance P-292 Memphis Air Force Station |
| Sampson Air Force Base Former Sampson NAS Fire Station |
| R-2 Rescue Truck 53L9462 Steward Air Force Base Shawn Ryan Photo |
| Little Rock Air Force Base |
| Cannon Air Force Base |
| Links |
| MB-3 Mack |
| MB-4 FWD |
Schilling Air Force Base
| MA-1 |
| Type O-5 Brockway-Mack Lowry Air Force Base Dionne Collection |
| Type O-5 Brockway-AmLaFr Lowry Air Force Base Dionne Collection |
| Type O-1 Sterling-Cardox Lowry Air Force Base Dionne Collection |
| Class 750 Duplex-Howe Lowry Air Force Base |
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| Type O-5 Brockway-AmLaFr Johnson AFB Japan |
| Type O-5 Kenworth-Mack New Castle Air Force Base |
| Type O-3 Chev-Central Kimpo AFB Korea Dionne Collection |
| Class 530B Reo-Firemaster Yokota AFB Japan Shawn Ryan Photo |
| We recovered these photos from our computer. Nome Airfield. Mike Hodgen Collection |
| Class 530A Reo-Howe P-844 |
| A trio of O-11As operating on a drill at Turner Air Force Base |
| Type O-11A American LaFrance P-2545 Turner Air Force Base |
| Type O-5 Kenworth-Mack Johnson AFB Japan |
| Wright Patterson Air Force Base Rigs include, O-10, O-11A, O-11B & O-12 Mark Redman Collection |
| Class 530B Reo-Firemaster 38th Tactical Missle Group Hahn Airbase Germany |
| GM CCKW-Central Army Class 530 Far East Air Material Command Tachikwa Airbase Japan Dionne Collection |
| Type O-2 Chev-Holabird Tachikwa Airbase Japan Nolen Website Photo |
| Type O-6 White-Cardox 55L4397 Memphis Air Force Base |
| Class 750A Ward LaFrance 55L2106 Memphis Air Force Base Steve Hagey Collection |
| Type O-10 & Type O-5 Selfridge Air Force Base |
| Types, O-5, O-4, O-3, O-10 Selfridge Air Force Base |
| Type O-5 Kenworth-Mack Truck is currently undergoing restoration. Looking for a picture of this rig while serving at Chanute AFB. |
| Types & Class |
Air Force Photo Gallery
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| Type O-11A American LaFrance Charleston Air Force Base Dionne Collection |
| Class 750A Ward LaFrance Charleston Air Force Base Dionne Collection |
| Type O-11A AmLaFr Wright Patterson AFB |
| Training burn at Warren AFB 1970 530B, O-11B & 750As Thanks to Roy Jones for the pix |
| 1/25 scale model of the Type O-5 Brockway-Mack Built by Charles Rowley |
| Not included in the Type & Class Section is the Reo-Cardox experimental Type O-1A |
| Type O-11A Da Nang Vietnam Apr 65 |
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| Type O-11A AmLaFr 54L3545 NJ Air National Guard |
| Type R-2 53L2019 RAF Bentwaters John B Smith Jr Photo |
| Twin Type O-11As & Crews RAF Bentwaters John B Smith Jr Photo |
| RAF Bentwaters John B. Smith Jr. Photo |
| Type O-11B American LaFrance 57L2404 J.J.Wright Collection |
| Type O-11A American LaFrance 54L2407 PA ANG Olmsted AFB |
| Is this your dad, uncle or some other member of the family? From our unknown file, O-10 P-1799 Marmon Herrington O-11A P-3951 AmLaFr, this P number quite different then our P postings. Photo taken August 1955 |
Type O-11A
| Type O-11A American LaFrance P-2283 J.J. Wright Collection |
| Type O-11A 54L 69 American LaFrance |
| Unknown Airman 1942 International-Seagrave Type-O4 USAF 504274 NC ANG J.J. Wright Collection |
| 1959 White-Cardox Type O-6 59L977 Hanscomb AFB |
Dave Osterberg Collection
| Williams AFB Type O-11A USAF 52 L 1993 |
| 1966 Ward LaFrance 530B Aviano AB, Italy 1982 John Owens served with the 40th CEF/DEF at Aviano and sent the photo along. |
| 1954 American LaFrance O-11A 54L210 NC ANG |
| 1942 Seagrave Clss 750 Seagrave B-4245 USAF 502036 Great Falls Air Force Base, MT |
| Seymour Johnson AFB |
| Tullin Air Force Base, Vienna, Austria, circa 1950 Rigs, O-3 & O-5 |
| A little tattered and torn Hesse Carriage Company Class 530 B manual |
| 1951 AmLaFr O-10, P-103 Lockbourne AFB, OH |
| USAF Class 530A 52L 101 Orlando AB Jim Carroll Photo |
| USAF 530A 51L 145 Otis AFB 1959 |
| USAF O-11A 53L8295 Otis AFB 1959 |
| 1953 AmLaFr O-11A 53L5068 Tan Son Nhut AB VN 1963 |
| O-10s at Dang Nang AB 1963 |
| Above photos by Bob Brunelle USAF via Tom Whiteside USAF |
