OXCART FIRE DRILLS

Photos contributed by Colonel Charlie Trapp

The photos below were taken during fire drill exercises at Area 51's Groom Lake in the 1960s during CIA Project OXCART.

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Firefighter training. Rotor wash cools area, spread foam, flattens flames, clears away smoke, and enables firefighters to remove folks from an aircraft crash
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Rotor wash
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Working w/fire truck to fight a training fire
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Show effects of rotor wash on a fire
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UH-1 crew and fire fighters ??


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