USAF OPERATIONS IN A CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE

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MB (CB) ENVIRONMENT, CB HAZARDS

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stron

4521
ID DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

1998
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SECTION 1 GENERAL INFORMATION.4

INTRODUCTION.4

HISTORICAL PRECEDENCE AND THE THREAT TODAY 4

SECTION 2 CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS.6

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS AND THEIR PROPERTIES 6

CLASSIFICATION OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS 6

CHEMICAL AGENT EFFECTIVENESS 7

SELECTED CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS. 8

TABUN (GA) .9

SARIN (GB).10

SOMAN (GD) .11

GF (NO COMMON NAME) .12

VX (NO COMMON NAME) 13

VX14

LEVINSTEIN MUSTARD (H) .14

DISTILLED MUSTARD (HD).15

NITROGEN MUSTARD (HN-3)16

LEWISITE (L) .17

SECTION 3 BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS.18

CLASSIFICATION OF BIOLOGICAL AGENTS .18

BIOLOGICAL AGENT EFFECTIVENESS18

SELECTED BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS .19

PATHOGENS: 20

ANTHRAX20

BRUCELLOSIS.21

PLAGUE.22

TULAREMIA.23

SMALLPOX.24

VIRAL ENCEPHALITIS25

Q FEVER.26

TOXINS: 27

BOTULINUM TOXINS.27

STAPHYLOCOCCAL ENTEROTOXIN, TYPE B (SEB).28

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