Agent Orange was sprayed from helicopters to keep the vegetation from growing.
The United States has never admitted to the use of agent orange in the Panama Canal Zone.
they didnt. they sprayed it in Vietnam
When sprayed from a plane, as it was in Vietnam, Agent Orange looks like a white or orange opaque mist. It feels very oily.
no
Close to 4 million acres were sprayed.
According to the US Veterans Administration's Agent Orange program; Approximately 20 million gallons of agents were used, which consisted of mainly Agent's White, Blue, and Orange. Of which Agent Orange was the most commonly used.
I lived in rural NW Arkansas during the 70's. The U.S. Forest Service sprayed Agent Orange to defoliate and private individuals (farmers) used it to defoliate prior to grass seeding steep hillsides for pasture.
No, but it was sprayed on Lackland. It was the best weed killer the Army ever saw, so they used it everywhere.
Agent Orange was delivered (sprayed) by low altitude flying C123, C130 fixed wing transports, and UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopters. See Operation Ranch Hand.
The United States has never admitted to the use of agent orange in the Panama Canal Zone.
Not in the least. Agent orange was a herbicide similar to 24D, used in the U.S. in agriculture. Operation Ranch Hand sprayed 11 million gallons of agent orange and 8 million gallons of other herbicides on South East Asia. Most G.I.s got sprayed at least once, not all fell ill.