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Major General Richard Vernon Secord, Retired (born July 6, 1932), is a United States Air Force officer with a notable career in covert operations. Early in his military service, he was a member of the first U.S. aviation detachment sent to the Vietnam War in August 1961, Operation Farm Gate. Secord left Vietnam in 1965 to attend Air Command and Staff College. Afterward, he returned to Southeast Asia, being detailed to the Central Intelligence Agency for duty in the Secret War in Laos. While in Laos, he was responsible for several notable military actions. One was the Battle of Lima Site 85. Another was the only successful prisoner of war rescue of the Vietnam War. Both of these came about because of his responsibilities for overseeing the operations of the Royal Lao Air Force, Air America,

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  • El mayor general Richard V. Secord, retirado, era miembro de la Fuerza aérea de los Estados Unidos condenado por su implicación en el escándalo Irán-Contra. Nació en LaRue, Ohio el 6 de julio de 1932. Se graduó en West Point en 1955 y enseguida fue comisionado en la USAF. Fue Presidente del Stanford Technology Trading Group int., También conocido como el "Enterprise", una empresa dedicada a la venta de armas a Irán durante la presidencia de Reagan. Desde 2002, el general retirado ha ocupado el puesto de CEO y Presidente de la Junta de la Computerized Thermal Imaging . [1] [2] (es)
  • Major General Richard Vernon Secord, Retired (born July 6, 1932), is a United States Air Force officer with a notable career in covert operations. Early in his military service, he was a member of the first U.S. aviation detachment sent to the Vietnam War in August 1961, Operation Farm Gate. Secord left Vietnam in 1965 to attend Air Command and Staff College. Afterward, he returned to Southeast Asia, being detailed to the Central Intelligence Agency for duty in the Secret War in Laos. While in Laos, he was responsible for several notable military actions. One was the Battle of Lima Site 85. Another was the only successful prisoner of war rescue of the Vietnam War. Both of these came about because of his responsibilities for overseeing the operations of the Royal Lao Air Force, Air America, and Raven FACs. After his Southeast Asian service, Secord commanded the and underwent further advanced military education at the Naval War College. He then served on staff duty in the Department of Defense from June 1972 through September 1975. His next posting returned him to Iran, this time managing all U. S. military assistance to the Iranians. He was involved in the Iran–Contra affair, making $2 million on the arms transactions and charged with lying to Congress about it but acquitted. Secord went into business in the private sector after his retirement from the USAF. (en)
  • Richard Vernon Secord (né le 6 juillet 1932) est un officier de l'United States Air Force qui s'est distingué par une carrière dans les opérations secrètes. Il atteint le grade de major-général avant de prendre sa retraite de l'armée. (fr)
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  • Military Assistance Advisory Group
  • 603rd Special Operations Squadron
  • United States Air Force Director of International Programs
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  • 1955-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • Richard Vernon Secord (en)
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  • El mayor general Richard V. Secord, retirado, era miembro de la Fuerza aérea de los Estados Unidos condenado por su implicación en el escándalo Irán-Contra. Nació en LaRue, Ohio el 6 de julio de 1932. Se graduó en West Point en 1955 y enseguida fue comisionado en la USAF. Fue Presidente del Stanford Technology Trading Group int., También conocido como el "Enterprise", una empresa dedicada a la venta de armas a Irán durante la presidencia de Reagan. Desde 2002, el general retirado ha ocupado el puesto de CEO y Presidente de la Junta de la Computerized Thermal Imaging . [1] [2] (es)
  • Richard Vernon Secord (né le 6 juillet 1932) est un officier de l'United States Air Force qui s'est distingué par une carrière dans les opérations secrètes. Il atteint le grade de major-général avant de prendre sa retraite de l'armée. (fr)
  • Major General Richard Vernon Secord, Retired (born July 6, 1932), is a United States Air Force officer with a notable career in covert operations. Early in his military service, he was a member of the first U.S. aviation detachment sent to the Vietnam War in August 1961, Operation Farm Gate. Secord left Vietnam in 1965 to attend Air Command and Staff College. Afterward, he returned to Southeast Asia, being detailed to the Central Intelligence Agency for duty in the Secret War in Laos. While in Laos, he was responsible for several notable military actions. One was the Battle of Lima Site 85. Another was the only successful prisoner of war rescue of the Vietnam War. Both of these came about because of his responsibilities for overseeing the operations of the Royal Lao Air Force, Air America, (en)
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  • Richard Secord (fr)
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