Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Manjo Janar Richard Vernon Secord, mai ritaya (an haife shi a ranar 6 ga Yuli, 1932), jami'in Sojan Sama ne na Amurka tare da sanannen aiki a ayyukan ɓoye. A farkon aikinsa na soja, ya kasance memba na rukunin jirgin saman Amurka na farko da aka tura zuwa Yaƙin Vietnam a watan Agusta 1961, Operation Farm Gate. Secord ya bar Vietnam a shekarar 1965 don halartar Kwalejin Kwamandan Sojojin Sama da Ma'aikata. Bayan haka, ya koma kudu maso gabashin Asiya, inda aka tura shi zuwa Hukumar Leken Asiri ta Tsakiya don aiki a
Yaƙin Sirri a Laos. Yayin da yake a Laos, yana da alhakin ayyukan soja da yawa. Ɗaya daga cikinsu shi ne Yaƙin Lima Site 85. Wani kuma shi ne kawai nasarar da aka samu na ceto fursunonin yaki na Vietnam War. Duk waɗannan sun faru ne saboda alhakinsa na kula da ayyukan Royal Lao Air Force, Air America, da Raven FACs.