Paul Neal "Red" Adair (June 18, 1915 – August 7, 2004) [3] [4] was an American oil well firefighter. He became notable internationally as an innovator in the specialized and hazardous …

Feb 26, 1991 · HOUSTON — Racing up and down the halls of his red-carpeted office, chomping on an endless supply of dill pickles, famed oil-fire fighter Red Adair took a call from President …

Aug 8, 2004 · Red Adair has died aged 89. His exploits fighting oil well fires around the globe made him a household name from Kuwait to Texas. John Wayne immortalised Adair in the film …

Aug 7, 2024 · He proudly spent his 76th birthday in Kuwait clad in his trademark red overalls, swinging valves into place atop out-of-control wells. His crews were among the first of 27 …

Dec 12, 2012 · With his flashy name, flashy suit, and a utility belt full of clever gadgets of his own design, Red Adair was as close as it gets to a real-life superhero. As the undisputed king of oil …

Mar 21, 2009 · In March of nineteen ninety-one, Red Adair went to Kuwait following the Persian Gulf War. He and his crews were called in to help put out fires set by the Iraqi army as it fled …

Aug 8, 2004 · HOUSTON -- Oil field firefighter Paul "Red" Adair, who was instrumental in capping Kuwaiti oil wells set ablaze by Iraq and was immortalized by John Wayne in a movie based on …

Aug 8, 2004 · Red Adair gained global fame in 1962, when he tackled a fire at a gas field in the Sahara - a feat later retold in the John Wayne film Hellfighters. He also grabbed headlines …

Aug 10, 2004 · Red Adair, an indefatigable conqueror of ravenous fires in oil and gas wells on land and sea around the world, died Saturday at a hospital in his native Houston, his daughter, …

Apr 17, 1991 · Red Adair Says He May Pull Out of Kuwait: The legendary oil well firefighter, frustrated by what he called “organized confusion” in Kuwait, said he may pull his men off the …