Agent Orange & USAF Operaton Ranch Hand Net Resources

Here's a fairly complete collection of USAF Internet resources - hope it helps with your own research

A. Ranch Hand

Operation Ranch Hand (Air Ops site)

AF & Herbicides in SEA (Buckingham, excerpt)
   • Full Book (downloadable)

Herbicidal Warfare in SEA (Cecil, pdf)
   • Part 2  • Part 3

Herbiide Ops in SEA 61-67 (CHECO, 1967-pdf)

Ranch Hand Bibliography (AU ASBC)

Operation Ranch Hand History (AFHSO)  • Alt
   • Ranch Hand: Down in the Weeds (NMUSA)
   • Air Commando: 1950-1975 (USAF, excerpt)  • Alt
   • Ranch Hand (AF Mag)  • pdf
   • Global Security
   • Ranch Hand History
   • Herbicidal Warfare Prgm in Vietnam (Arison)
   • Mission: Ranch Hand (AU Review, 1970)
   • US History.com
   • Ranch Hand Spray Mission Video (0:18)

Fast Movers & Herbicidal Spray in SEA

Ranch Hand ROE (Guilmartin, pdf)
   • Abstract  • More
   • Ranch Hand History (ROE)
   • Mission: Ranch Hand (ROE; AU Review, 1970)
   • Herbicide Use in Thailand (herbicide ROE in SEA)  • pdf

RH: History & Legal Issues (cached)

Spray Activity (animated-Media Player)

Air Commando Association

Traildust Statistics

C-123 Agent Orange Contamination - 1972 to 1982

UC-123 (AF Museum)  • Photos
   • Ranch Hand & C-123 (Jeff Duford, NMUSAF lecture)
   • Pt. 2 (Patches)

C/UC-123 Aircraft Survivors

Herbicide Patterns in Vn (Traildust, pdf)
   • Cached HTML

Assessing Exposure of Grnd Troops (Guilmartin)  • pdf
   • Paper: Ginevan, Ross & Watkins, 2007

Ranch Hand Mission (discussion)

Operation Flyswatter (insect spray mission)
   • Full article  • Another
   • Discussion (scroll down)

C-123 Insect Spray Msn (photo)  • More

Operation Pink Rose (Global Security)
   • Oprn Inferno/Banish Beach

Oprn Pink Rose (final report, pdf)

Technology in Vietnam: Firestorm Projrct

Use of Helicopters in Defoliation  • More

B. Agent Orange

Agent Orange (Dept. of Vet Affairs)
   • About Agent Orange  • Exposure in Vietnam
   • What Do You Know About Agent Orange? (video)

Statistics on Agent Orange Use
   • More: By Location
   • Herbicide Use in Vietnam (stats)  • Details
   • Chemical Details  • Declassified Documents

Agent Orange FAQ

Agent Orange Talking Paper

Johnston Island & Agent Orange Storage

Agent Orange Case Study

Agent Orange Links & Studies (Hatfield Gp)  • Alt
   • Studying Effects of AO in Vietnam
   • Environmental Impact of AO
   • AO Mitigation in ALuoi (A Shau) Valley

Characterizing Vet Exposure (e-book)

AF Health Study: Ranch Hand Study
   • Study Overview (2MB pdf)

Disposition of AF Health Study

AF AO Study Commentary

Animated Map of Spray Ops ('63-'70)

Flight Records Show Contamination

Agent Orange Exposure in Vn (pdf)

Extent & Patterns of AO Use (pdf)

Notes on Herbicide Use in Vietnam

Herbicide Use in II Corps

Adm Zumwalt on Agent Orange

Residual Dioxin in Vietnam

Agent White

Alvin Young Collection on AO

US-PRVN Conf: Effects of AO  • pdf

Jt US-Vietnam Agent Orange Study

International Studies

Evaluating Works on Agent Orange (Buckingham, 1982)

Spraying Locations, 1963-70 (video)

Documentary: Ranch Hand

Battle's Poison Cloud (video review)

Spectre Orange (Guardian, 2003)

AO: Collateral Damage in Vn (book rvw)

AO: Linger Effects (Vanity Fair)

Children of Vietnam Vets Health Study (Australian)
   • COVVHS Homepage