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  2. Operation Popeye - Wikipedia

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    Operation Popeye / Sober Popeye (Project Controlled Weather Popeye / Motorpool / Intermediary-Compatriot) was a military cloud-seeding project carried out by the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War in 1967–1972.

  3. Ho Chi Minh trail - Wikipedia

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    The program drew enthusiasm from its military and civilian participants, who claimed that they were there to "make mud, not war." In some areas it worked, depending on the makeup of the soil. The chemicals were dropped by C-130A aircraft, but the overall effect on North Vietnamese interdiction was minimal and the experiment was cancelled.

  4. Cloud seeding - Wikipedia

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    The 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron carried out the operation to "make mud, not war". [37] One private organization that offered, during the 1970s, to conduct weather modification (cloud seeding from the ground using silver iodide flares) was Irving P. Krick and Associates of Palm Springs, California.

  5. 1st Photographic Group - Wikipedia

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    The 1st Photographic Group was organized at Bolling Field in June 1941, drawing its cadre from the 1st Photographic Squadron as GHQ Air Force expanded its capability for photographic mapping and to conduct experiments in long range photographic reconnaissance, drawing from the experience of the Royal Air Force, which was involved in combat operations. [2]

  6. Ukrainian soldier uses mud and ash to paint scenes of nature ...

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    That all changed one rainsoaked day, in sodden terrain, when the 59-year-old discovered he could use mud too, after trying to wash it off his hands and boots. Bazylewicz has served in the eastern ...

  7. 'This will not stand': Air Force resumes teaching on first ...

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    In a statement released Monday afternoon to USA TODAY, Air Force Chief of Staff General David W. Allvin said the legacy and decorated valor the Airmen exhibited during World War II and beyond ...

  8. 600th Photo Squadron - Wikipedia

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    In 1966 the 1352 Photographic Group based at Lookout Mountain Air Force Station took on a new role, documenting the expanding Vietnam War. On 8 February 1966, Det. 5, 1352 Photographic Group at Tan Son Nhut Air Base , South Vietnam became the 600th Photo Squadron charged with the increased responsibility of all USAF photographic services in ...

  9. 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron - Wikipedia

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    Squadron Mosquito at Chalgrove. Weather reconnaissance for VIII Bomber Command prior to March 1944 was provided on an ad hoc basis. The 18th Weather Squadron, which provided the command with weather observation and forecasting services through detachments located on each of the command's bases, detailed observers who flew on aircraft of various heavy bomber groups of the command.