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Bookmark or Share- Operation Ranch Hand - WikipediaOperation Ranch Hand was a U.S. military operation during the Vietnam War, lasting from 1962 until 1971. Largely inspired by the British use of chemicals 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D ( Agent Orange ) during the Malayan Emergency in the 1950s, it was part of the overall herbicidal warfare program during the war called "Operation Trail Dust".
- Agent Orange - HISTORYThe U.S. program, codenamed Operation Ranch Hand, sprayed more than 20 million gallons of various herbicides over Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos from 1961 to 1971. Agent Orange, which contained the...
- The U.S. Military and the Herbicide Program in VietnamOperation Ranch Hand, the tactical military project for the aerial spraying of herbicides in South Vietnam, was the first (and only) large-scale experience with chemical defoliants in U.S. military operations.
- Operation Ranch Hand initiated | January 12, 1962 - HISTORYThe United States Air Force launches Operation Ranch Hand, a “modern technological area-denial technique” designed to expose the roads and trails used by the Viet Cong. Agent Orange.
- Operation Ranch Hand - Air Force Historical Support DivisionOperation Ranch Hand, the designation for the program, began in January 1962. Gradually, limitations were relaxed; the spraying became more frequent and covered larger areas. The Air Force used C-47s and C-123s equipped to spray herbicides for the defoliation missions.
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