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Location: Eglin AFB test range
Date: June 26 - July 9, 1964
Site: Southwest quarter of the CB grid at Eglin Test Range C-52A. C-123 ground flow rate calibrations on the A/A 45Y-1 dispenser to determine the accuracy of the flowmeter. Thirteen tests were run on ground using a 32-foot canvas trough to collect spray and funnel it into a 500-gallon catch tank.To include herbicide loading sites, e.g. hardstands or taxiway ends used for loading purposes.
Location: Eglin AFB test range
Date: July 10-22, 1964
Site: Southwest quarter of the CB grid at C-52A. C-123 flights to determine the ground characteristics of the A/A 45Y-1 dispenser. Multiple passes were done each day at varying altitudes and flow rates.To include herbicide loading sites, e.g. hardstands or taxiway ends used for loading purposes.
Location: Eglin AFB test range
Date: July 7- November 6, 1965
Site: CB grid. Developmental test and evaluation of the COIN defoliant dispenser, A/B 23Y-1, installed on an A-1E aircraft. Thirty-seven flights were conducted. To include herbicide loading sites, e.g. hardstands or taxiway ends used for loading purposes.
Location: Eglin AFB test range
Date: April 14-22, 1966
Site: CB grid at C-52A. Cessna 206 Super Skywagon with specially fabricated spray equipment was flown over the southwest corner of the CB Grid. To include herbicide loading sites, e.g. hardstands or taxiway ends used for loading purposes.
Location: Eglin AFB test range
Date: June 20 - November 8, 1968
Site: CB grid C-52A. Aerial testing was conducted on the sampler grid located in the southwest corner of the CB grid.To include herbicide loading sites, e.g. hardstands or taxiway ends used for loading purposes.
Location: Eglin AFB test range
Date: December 20, 1968; January 10, 13, 14, 21; February 4; March 11, 20, 25 and April 1, 7, 24, 30; May 1, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23; June 3, 5, 9, 10, July 1, 7, 24, 28, 30, 31; August 7, 11, 21, 1969.
Site: CB grid C-. Determine the ground depositions and swath widths for defoliants using the US-123K/A/A45Y-1 system with 22-foot wing booms. To include herbicide loading sites, e.g. hardstands or taxiway ends used for loading purposes.
Location: Eglin AFB test range
Date: November 4, 12, 17, 25; December 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 1969.
Site: CB grid at C-52A. Evaluation of the TMU-28/B spray tank as an interim capability for dispensing defoliant by high-speed aircraft.To include herbicide loading sites, e.g. hardstands or taxiway ends used for loading purposes.
Location: Apalachicola National Forest, near Sopchoppy, Wakulla County, Tallahassee
Date: May 3-8, 1967
Site: Evaluate rapid-acting desiccants, and defoliants. Applications made with Bell G-2 helicopter.
* Now known as Avon Park Air Force Range.
Georgia
Location: Fort Gordon
Date: July 15-17, 1967
Site: Defoliant Testing Areas in Training Area 47. Applications made with Bell G-2 helicopter.
Location: Fort Gordon
Date: Unspecified Date in 1968, but prior to July 1, 1968.
Site: Training Area 47. Location not specified but testing was done on brush and small trees. Defoliants and desiccants were applied with a high-line bucket lift (cherry picker) with a 15-foot boom sprayer.
Location: Georgia Power Company: Valdosta-Thomasville line and Bonaire line near Macon
Date: May 20-22, 1964
Site: Six plots, each 60 X 2640 feet, were treated on the Valdosta-Thomasville line. Seven plots, each 200 X 750 feet, were treated on the Bonaire line. Chemicals were sprayed on five-acre plots by a Bell helicopter.
Indiana
Location: Vigo Plant CWS, Terra Haute
Date: May 18 - August 22, 1945
Site: Special Report 25 identifies 4 experimental grids and 6 field grids but does not give information on the location of the grids.
Maryland
Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground
Date: May 1963
Site: M Field, Watsons Creek, Edgewood. Two locations specified as: Marsh area with water and marsh/wooded area with no standing water. Phase II: E156 clusters dropped by helicopter from 2500 feet at 90 MPH; Phase III: E138 bomblet dropped by helicopter from 2500 feet at 90 MPH.
Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground
Date: May 1963
Site: M Field, Watsons Creek, Edgewood. Five squares horizontal grids, 96 feet on a side, were constructed in cattails four to six feet high. Phase IV: bomblets were statically fired in an effort to obtain information of applied dosages over selected targets.
Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground
Date: May - July 1965
Site: Location not specified. 244 plots of unspecified size where predominant tree species were sweetgum, black willow, persimmon, black gum, white oak, black oak, pin oak and sumac. Truck mounted sprayer.
Location: Aberdeen Proving Ground
Date: August- September 1965
Site: Location not specified. 75 plots of unspecified size where predominant tree species were sweetgum, black willow, persimmon, black gum, white oak, black oak, pin oak and sumac. Truck mounted sprayer.
Herbicide Tests & Storage Locations in the U.S.
