File:UC-123B Ranch Hand spraying 1962.jpg
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English: A U.S. Air Force Fairchild UC-123B Provider "Ranch Hand" aircraft spraying defoliant next to a road in South Vietnam in 1962. "Operation Ranch Hand" was a U.S. Military operation during part of the Vietnam War, lasting from 1962 until 1971. It involved spraying an estimated 72 mio. ltr. (19 mio. US gal.) of (toxic) defoliants over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of vegetation cover and food. The USAF planes were marked as South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF) planes.
العربية: طائرة تابعة لسلاح الجو الأمريكي من طراز Fairchild UC-123B "موفر" تقوم برش مادة تقشير الأوراق بجوار طريق في جنوب فيتنام في عام 1962. كانت "عملية رانش هاند" عملية عسكرية أمريكية خلال جزء من حرب فيتنام ، واستمرت منذ عام 1962 حتى عام 1971. اشتملت على رش ما يقدر بـ 72 مليون لتر. (19 مليون غالون أمريكي) من المسطرات (السامة) فوق المناطق الريفية في جنوب فيتنام في محاولة لحرمان الفيتكونغ من الغطاء النباتي والطعام. تم تمييز طائرات القوات الجوية الأمريكية بعلامة طائرات تابعة لسلاح الجو الفيتنامي الجنوبي |
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Source | Scan from Dana Bell, Air War over Vietnam, Volume IV. Arms and Armour Press, London, Harrisburg (PA), 1984, ISBN 0853686351, p. 11, cites U.S. Air Force as source. |
Author | USAF |
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