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[SAC715]

I'm new to this M715 thing. I've restored alot of other vehicles over the years but I know very little about these. I recently purchased a 715 that is totally rust free and unrestored. (I'm an auto collision instructor so any time i can find a rust free vehicle in the midwest it's a plus.)The truck was olive green with a winch and I was told it came from the Strategic Air Commands Whiteman AFB in Missouri it was then sold to a local fire department (within 10 miles of Whiteman) in 1976 who owned it until I bought it here recently. My question to you is this, Is olive the right color for an Air Force truck and would it have the stars on the hood and doors like the Army? The markings on the right bumper are hard to make out but I think I could sand them and be able to read them. Is there some place to find out more about markings on AF vehicles.

[Barrman]

Welcome to the madness of Green Iron Disease. I have never seen a Strata Blue M715 in pictures from when the truck was in the service. Which of course is not 'for sure" that they didn't exist. The SAC museum in Omaha has a M715 in it that is green with the "National Symbol" on it. Which leads me to believe they were some form of green. Rich, Compexp, the one in Omaha who took the picture I am thinking about will jump in here soon I am sure.

[brute4c]

From what members have posted over the years and what I have seen, USAF trucks coul be either OD green or the USAF blue...people have posted both.

[SAC715]

The truck still shows the original olive under the hood and under the windshield on the cowl. I have been to that museum in Omaha. I need to look though my pictures. Yes I have the disease also, my other project is a early 1945 MB.

[Barrman]

If your symptons follow others, you will start looking at Dueces in a different way real soon.

[sf38a1]

Saw an M715 at TYNDALL AFB, Fla when I was stationed there in the late 70s
It was used to transport paper,I remember it being OD, dont remember what the markings were.

[moosejr]

In general, the Air Force vehicles this vintage were either the dark blue for commercial-derived vehicles, and OD for tactical vehicles. My 715 came from the Air Force also, and there is no evidence of any blue paint, ..

[SAC715]

We did alittle more research into Whiteman and they where a ICBM site and a B52 bomber base (and now the B2 base). It was definitely green from the start. The paint under the dash, hood and windshield is original. The next step is to start sanding on the bumper I guess and find some markings.

[moosejr]

I was stationed at Whiteman from 79 to 82, we had Minuteman III missiles scattered all over Miisouri at that time. We were an "operational expansion" location for B-52's and KC-135's from Barksdale AFB in Louisana. This meant that those aircraft were based at Barksdale, but could relocate to Whiteman in the event of war, etc. if they wanted to dispurse the aircraft. The based has changed a lot in the last 30 years. I went back there a few years ago, and recognized only about 10 or so buildings (other than base housing) that hadn't been rebuilt or replaced since I was there. . ..