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Taken from www.strategypage.com
June 27, 2003: June 24, 2003: The airmen of 87th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, providing security for the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa flight line and air assets, are using the M1116 Up-Armored HMMWV. The M1116 Up-Armored HMMWV is a variant of the U.S. Army's M1114 Up-Armored HMMWV specifically designed and tailored to the needs of the U.S. Air Force.
These 10,000-pound hardened versions of the utilitarian vehicle are proof against 7.62mm AP and have a rooftop turret capable of mounting the MK-19, M-2 and M-60, as well as the M-82A1 Barret 0.50 caliber rifle. The trade-off for the added protection is a loss of mobility, particularly in sandy areas. For the moment, that apparently doesn't effect the Camp Lemonier air security patrols.
The vehicles are also equipped with a Short Range Thermal Imagery system, for which a vehicle interface kit was only recently developed by 1LT Jose Corella of Hanscom Air Force Base's Force Protection Command and Control System Program Office. - Adam Geibel
M1116 images online at:
http://www.ogara-hess.com/mil/m1116.htm
We have a couple of these on our base. Pretty cool looking, though that turrent thing on the top is REALLY big. Funny thing, over here on Eglin I've seen a SAW mounted in the turrent more often than not, I guess the Squirels better look out!
 
Fighters are our salvation, But BOMBERS alone provide us with the means of VICTORY! - Winston Churchill
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| That's pretty cool. In Vietnam the USAF security guards had Cadillac Gage V-100 Commando Armored cars and some M-113 APCs.
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