Famous Armord vehicle parked at Casper/Natrona Airport

The Wyoming Veteran’s Memorial Museum is located at the Casper/Natrona County Airport.

The museum is located there because this airport was once an important training base for bomber crews and fighter pilots during World War II.

The Museum is pleased to announce the installation of its first outdoor exhibition.

Have you seen the M114 armored reconnaissance vehicle parked in the museum?

This was a community project.

Scout Talon Marquard of Boy Scout Troop 60 installed the concrete slab last summer as part of his Eagle Scout project.

These photos are from the Wyoming Veteran’s Memorial Museum Facebook page.

The landscaping and information board were created by Boy Scout Chris Navotny of Boy Scout Troop 94 as part of his Eagle Scout project.

Staff at the Wyoming National Guard Museum in Cheyenne helped prepare the M114 for exhibit and facilitated loading in Cheyenne.

Long-distance trucking companies from Cheyenne donated generously to transport the vehicle.

The Casper/Natrona County Airport Maintenance Department assisted in unloading and positioning the vehicle.

Her deputy curator, Johanna Wickman, designed the explanatory marker.

You can read a text on the information board.

The M114 Command and Reconnaissance Carrier is a Vietnam War-era armored tracked vehicle used by the U.S. Army.

It was manufactured in the early 1960s by the Cadillac Division of General Motors.

The M114 was known as an exceptionally fast vehicle, capable of traveling faster than 60 miles per hour on flat surfaces or roads, making it attractive for use as a reconnaissance vehicle.

This particular M114 was used by the US Air Force for security operations at FE Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in the 1960s and 1970s.

Weight: 15,000 pounds
Length: 14 feet
Width: 7 ½ feet
Height: 8 feet
Crew: 3
Maximum armor (front): 1 ¾” (aluminum)
Engine: V-6 diesel (160 hp)
Main armament: Heavy machine gun M-2 .50