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Ranch hand

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The 1961-1975 Vietnam War featured a group of men who risked their lives in old, obsolescent and unarmed UC-123 aircraft to spray chemical herbicides over enemy-held territory. 'Operation Ranch Hand' (ORH) was to become a long-running Air Force campaign to defoliate jungles to deprive Communist forces of concealment cover and food supplies. However, neither those who flew ORH missions nor those who supported them have ever received the credit they deserve.

Author: Boyne, Walter J.
Publisher: Air Force Association
Publication Name: Air Force Magazine
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0730-6784
Year: 2000
International politics, National Security, Military Superiority, Military readiness

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The rise and fall of Donald Douglas

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Donald Wills Douglas' intelligence, integrity and management skill made him a leader in aeronautics for nearly forty years. His success was based on the precept that aviation could progress more through evolution than revolution. The history of Douglas Aircraft Co. is traced from the days of its triumph in the 1920s to 1967 when bankruptcy forced its sale to James S. McDonnell.

Author: Boyne, Walter J.
Publisher: Air Force Association
Publication Name: Air Force Magazine
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0730-6784
Year: 2006
Management dynamics, Executive changes & profiles, Aircraft, Management, Officials and employees, History, Aircraft industry, Company business management, Douglas Aircraft Co., Douglas, Donald Wills

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Red Flag

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During the Vietnam war, the United States Air Force experienced higher losses than in the past, calling into question the effectiveness of pilot training. Red Flag was devised as a means of simulating the enemy force Air Force pilots would encounter in battle.

Author: Boyne, Walter J.
Publisher: Air Force Association
Publication Name: Air Force Magazine
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0730-6784
Year: 2000
Training, United States. Air Force

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