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Bookmark or Share- 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...
- Down in the Weeds: Ranch Hand - National Museum of the USAFOperation Ranch Hand: The USAF and Herbicides in SEA, 1961-1971 (Provided by AFHSO) The dense jungle in Southeast Asia allowed the enemy to ambush vehicles and boats on transportation routes, creep close to stage attacks on bases, move men and materiel and hide their own camps.
- U.S. launches spraying of Agent Orange, Jan. 18, 1962After a period of testing, on this day in 1962, President John F. Kennedy gave final approval to “Operation Ranch Hand” — a massive effort to defoliate the forests of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos...
- 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.
- 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.
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