I know I have more CUCV pictures in my files somewhere, but these two show the way the USAF would have marked the vehicle. It hasn't changed much over the years.
The door markings for your CUCV would be applied in a similar manner as on the '69 Chevy. Tactical vehicles
usually have the "For official use only" marking, but not always.
In the case of the 1008 in the picture, the
85K1373 translates as follows -
85 indicates the year the USAF took that vehicle onto its inventory. It is
usually the vehicle manufacture year (the USAF rarely get second hand stuff!), but not necessarily (ie, if they took on a 1979 truck from the Army in 1983, it would be marked 83)
K means it is a tactical vehicle.
B on the Chevy indicates a non-tactical vehicle, and there are some other codes for different uses.
1373 means this particular truck was the 1373rd vehicle added to the USAF inventory that year.
The USAF follows the standard US military practice for markings on the 383 camouflage - black markings on green or brown painted areas, green on black painted areas.
USAF markings are normally 2" stencils, except the 'official use', which is 1".
On this particular M1008, it appears that the 'US Air Force' and 'official use' on the tailgate are very small, maybe 1/2"? It also looks like it may have had different style markings painted out near the top of the tailgate.
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