WASHINGTON (AP) — Reversing a long-held position, the Department of Veterans Affairs now says Air Force reservists who became ill after being exposed to Agent Orange residue while working on planes ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Reversing a long-held position, the Department of Veterans Affairs now says Air Force reservists who became ill after being exposed to Agent Orange residue while working on planes ...
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302 Built, 1 War, 1 Scandal: The C-123 That Became a Toxic Legend
The Fairchild C-123 Provider began as a glider and ended as one of aviation’s most controversial aircraft. Used in Vietnam ...
FAIRMONT — Retired Maj. George Davis flew aircraft out of Da Nang Airbase during the Vietnam War. One hundred yards down the runway is where they loaded Agent Orange onto C-123 aircraft. “That was the ...
U.S. Air Force reservists who did maintenance on C-123 aircraft used during the Vietnam war to spray the defoliant Agent Orange could have been exposed to harmful levels of dioxin even long after the ...
From jungle strips in Vietnam to postwar contamination scandals, the Fairchild C-123’s twilight years were as troubled as its service life. Converted for defoliant missions under Operation Ranch Hand, ...
A rendering depicts the updated design for a memorial honoring Vietnam veterans who died or were affected by exposure to Agent Orange. (Courtesy of the Utah Agent Orange Veterans Foundation) The Utah ...
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