Livery of the US Air Force Security Forces (Police)

12/30/2014

United States Air Force Security Forces vehicles are known by their distinct livery. However, this livery has little nuances that are distinct at some bases. Below are examples of some of the differences in Security Forces vehicles.

The current main patrol vehicle for USAF Police is the Chevy Impala, at any given base you will observe a plethora of Chevy Impalas. There are two main designs for the impalas, a simplistic badge on door, POLICE on both front quarter-panels, and the traditional two horizontal blue lines with badge on door. Ford F-150 and Cheverolet Silverado's are also quite common, typically with the simplistic badge on door and "Security Forces" on the rear quarter panels.

More Unique Vehicles

The following gallery highlights many of the unique vehicles found throughout the Security Forces fleet. Joint-Basing as a popular consolidation cost-saving option has joined multiple branch law enforcement organizations together and created hybrid livery amongst the sharing organizations. Have a picture of a vehicle you think should belong here? Comment and send a message!

3 Comments

Samuel Smith

12/30/2014 06:31:43 pm

Sir/Madam, I took the photos of the Ford Fairmont at Clark Air Base, Philippines and Chevrolet Lumina at RAF Croughton, England. I have several other photos of USAF SP vehicles from my 12 year career if you would like me to e-mail them to you for inclusion in the article? Thanks, Sam Smith

George

6/13/2016 03:25:41 pm

The lack of standardization of Security Forces vehicles is not in keeping with uniformed standards of the military, and can create an opportunity for counterfeit security forces vehicle and personnel to more easily infiltrate and USAF or other military installation. In addition, thought should be given to installing a metallic confidential USAF inventory tag hidden within each SF vehicles -- at a standardized location. IMO, having so many variations of SF vehicle makings and colors, is ridiculous.

Sylvia Demieville Shirley

3/21/2021 05:43:19 pm

I love the new cars! When I was stationed at Lowry AFB in Denver in 73-75, we drove old sedans and broken down pickup trucks. My favorite was an old international harvester truck from the motor pool with the tailgate missing. My coworkers patiently taught me to drive a stick shift out on the abandoned flight line. We had a big boxy blue van, similar to a UPS truck now, that some of the guys used for traffic stops. We called it the big blue screw.

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