Airport Rescue

==Description==
The Airport Rescue is a Hot Wheels Original Model based upon the Oshkosh P-15 ARFF Crash Truck (with the "ARFF" standing for "Airport Rescue Fire Fighting"). This airport firefighting beast is a 65 ton (130,000 pounds), 8x8 vehicle that was first fielded in 1977. It carries 6,100 gallons (23,100 L) of water and 515 gallons (1,950 L) of foam, designed for all-weather operation at airfields for fire suppression. Two 1,250 gpm (4,700 L/min) pumps and two 1,200 gpm (4,500 L/min) turrets delivered the water and foam. The Oshkosh P-15 ARFF is powered by a Detroit Diesel 8V92F V-8 engine mated to an Allison 750DRD 5-speed transmission. The huge P-15 weighed 59,000 kg (130,860 lbs), with dimensions: length 13.8 m (45.2 ft), width 3.1 m (10.0 ft), and height 4.2 m (13.8 ft). The Oshkosh  P-15 was featured in the 1987 Guinness Book of World Records as the world's most powerful fire engine (of the time period).
This casting debuted in the 1981 Hot Wheels Workhorses series. Since the real Oshkosh P-15 is so huge, this model has a very small scale. Where most Hot Wheels cars are approximately 1/64th scale, the Airport Rescue is about 1/160th. This model has two rotatable water guns (or turrets) on top. Due to the fact that this beast has four axles, it was only issued a couple of times. The only other Hot Wheels model with four axles is the Construction Crane.
==Versions==
The Airport Rescue has come out in the following versions:
Year	Series 	Color 	Tampo 	Base Color / Type	Window Color 	Interior Color	Wheel Type	Toy #	Country 	Notes / Variations	Photo
1981	Workhorses 	Yellow	Red stripes & 'Airport Rescue Fire Dept.' on sides 	Unpainted / Metal	Tinted (Blue)	Black 	BW 	1699 	Hong Kong	 	
1982	Workhorses 	Yellow	Red stripes & 'Airport Rescue Fire Dept.' on sides 	Unpainted / Metal	Tinted (Blue)	Black 	BW 	1699 	Malaysia 	 	
1983	Zellers 3-Pack	Yellow	Red stripes & 'Airport Rescue Fire Dept.' on sides 	Unpainted / Metal	Tinted (Blue)	Black 	BW 	1699 	Malaysia 	 	
1983	Mainline 	Red 	Yellow stripes & 'Airport Rescue Fire Dept.' on sides	Unpainted / Metal	Tinted (Blue)	Black 	BW 	4897 	France 	 	
1985	? 	Yellow	Red stripes & 'Airport Rescue Fire Dept.' on sides 	Unpainted / Metal	Tinted (Blue)	Black 	BW 	1699 	Mexico 	 	
? 	? 	Yellow	Red stripes & 'Airport Rescue Fire Dept.' on sides 	Unpainted / Metal	Tinted (Blue)	Black 	BW 	1699 	France 	 	
==See also==
*Construction Crane
==Gallery==
Airport Rescue Proto.png|Prototype
1981 Catalog Prototypes Airport.jpg|As seen in a 1981 Catalog
Airport Rescue package front.png
File:Oshkosh 1.jpg|Military Airlift Command C-5 Galaxy loads a prototype of the USAF P-15 Truck, Airport Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) in an airlift test, Oshkosh, WI, 30 June 1977
File:Oshkosh 2.jpg|P-15 Truck, Airport Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) at a fuel storage fire, Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1 September 1980
File:Oshkosh 3.jpg|A firefighter wearing a proximity suit operates the high pressure water cannon of a US Navy P-15 Truck, Airport Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF), NAS, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, 1 December 1986
File:Hot Wheels Airport Rescue - 0064ef.jpg
File:Mainline Land Lord Airport Rescue Red France 4897.jpg|Airport Rescue France 4897
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