KallyLC
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Last weekend, some friends and I were invited to the former home of the USAF's 20th Tactical Fighter Wing, here in England, RAF Upper Heyford.
Though it's now been repurposed as a business park, the flightline is still largely intact, and the Upper Heyford Heritage Center put on regular bus tours of the former airfield. My friends and I are re-enactors who portray a late 80s USAF Security Police team, and we were invited to accompany the tour to help bring the former airfield to life for the day.
I purchased my M1008 largely because the group needed a vehicle for doing what we do, and as an ex-air force truck, this is almost certainly what it would've been doing in service. So on Sunday, I put on my Air Force show plates, put on the light bar, and for just a few hours out there on the flightline, where you couldn't see any of the modern stuff, it was 1987 again.
![IMG_3294.JPG IMG_3294.JPG](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/625/625683-550711f04588e29c9d06e44ca1cf9b5f.jpg)
I only got a couple of polaroids, as I was too busy driving the truck and holding a rifle, but the photographer who was with us for the day got some great shots of the M1008 in its natural habitat.
![1655285861083.png 1655285861083.png](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/625/625752-58a987fdcb873b08f1969641109b71be.jpg)
![1655285905736.png 1655285905736.png](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/625/625753-1b661edcc577dbf91d4b4ca749210e46.jpg)
![1655285977589.png 1655285977589.png](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/625/625754-ffaf4c45c401f90b17265eecf54dfd8e.jpg)
Not pictured is me hitting 60mph down the main runway with the lights and sirens on, trying in vain to catch up with the tour bus. Unsurprisingly, it turns out a 1 1/4 ton truck isn't built to be a pursuit vehicle.
Though it's now been repurposed as a business park, the flightline is still largely intact, and the Upper Heyford Heritage Center put on regular bus tours of the former airfield. My friends and I are re-enactors who portray a late 80s USAF Security Police team, and we were invited to accompany the tour to help bring the former airfield to life for the day.
I purchased my M1008 largely because the group needed a vehicle for doing what we do, and as an ex-air force truck, this is almost certainly what it would've been doing in service. So on Sunday, I put on my Air Force show plates, put on the light bar, and for just a few hours out there on the flightline, where you couldn't see any of the modern stuff, it was 1987 again.
![IMG_3294.JPG IMG_3294.JPG](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/625/625683-550711f04588e29c9d06e44ca1cf9b5f.jpg)
I only got a couple of polaroids, as I was too busy driving the truck and holding a rifle, but the photographer who was with us for the day got some great shots of the M1008 in its natural habitat.
![1655285861083.png 1655285861083.png](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/625/625752-58a987fdcb873b08f1969641109b71be.jpg)
![1655285905736.png 1655285905736.png](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/625/625753-1b661edcc577dbf91d4b4ca749210e46.jpg)
![1655285977589.png 1655285977589.png](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/625/625754-ffaf4c45c401f90b17265eecf54dfd8e.jpg)
Not pictured is me hitting 60mph down the main runway with the lights and sirens on, trying in vain to catch up with the tour bus. Unsurprisingly, it turns out a 1 1/4 ton truck isn't built to be a pursuit vehicle.
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