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3 Engines, 2 Wars, 1 Scandal: The C-123’s Final Chapter
From jungle strips in Vietnam to postwar contamination scandals, the Fairchild C-123’s twilight years were as troubled as its ...
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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19 Million Gallons Sprayed: The C-123’s Darkest Vietnam Missions
The Fairchild C-123 “Provider” dropped napalm, cargo, and later 19 million gallons of Agent Orange across Southeast Asia.
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 ...
You learn things you never would have guessed possible when you travel the country, looking for places showcasing airplanes for a living. The first and foremost among these lessons is that aviation ...
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 ...
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 ...
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