Last Duty Station
1988-1989, 118X, Naval Special Warfare Group 2 (NSWG-2)/SEAL Team 4
Casualty Date: Dec 20, 1989
Cause: Hostile, By Small Arms Fire
Location: Panama Conflict
Cold War Era (1945-1991):
Operation Just Cause 1989
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Battle of Paitilla Airport
Part of the United States invasion of Panama and Operation Nifty Package
Battle of Paitilla Airport (Panama)
Date 20 December 1989
Location: Paitilla Airport, Panama, 8°58′59.9″N 79°30′37.0″W
Result American victory
Belligerents
United States United States Panama Panama
Commanders and leaders
United States Cmdr. Tom McGrath
United States Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Toohey Panama Lt. Octavo Rodriguez
Units involved
SEAL Team 4 Panama Defense Force
Strength
48 28-56
Casualties and losses
4 killed
9 wounded
1 private jet destroyed
. . . a battle between members of the Panama Defense Force and SEAL Team 4, on the 20th of December 1989, in the starting hours of Operation Just Cause. The force consisted of forty-eight U.S. Navy SEALs (three SEAL Platoons: Golf, Echo, and Delta) under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Toohey. The team was tasked with destroying Manuel Noriega's private jet on the ground at the Punta Paitilla Airport, in Panama City.
1988-1989, 118X, Naval Special Warfare Group 2 (NSWG-2)/SEAL Team 4
Casualty Date: Dec 20, 1989
Cause: Hostile, By Small Arms Fire
Location: Panama Conflict
Cold War Era (1945-1991):
Operation Just Cause 1989
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Battle of Paitilla Airport
Part of the United States invasion of Panama and Operation Nifty Package
Battle of Paitilla Airport (Panama)
Date 20 December 1989
Location: Paitilla Airport, Panama, 8°58′59.9″N 79°30′37.0″W
Result American victory
Belligerents
United States United States Panama Panama
Commanders and leaders
United States Cmdr. Tom McGrath
United States Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Toohey Panama Lt. Octavo Rodriguez
Units involved
SEAL Team 4 Panama Defense Force
Strength
48 28-56
Casualties and losses
4 killed
9 wounded
1 private jet destroyed
. . . a battle between members of the Panama Defense Force and SEAL Team 4, on the 20th of December 1989, in the starting hours of Operation Just Cause. The force consisted of forty-eight U.S. Navy SEALs (three SEAL Platoons: Golf, Echo, and Delta) under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Toohey. The team was tasked with destroying Manuel Noriega's private jet on the ground at the Punta Paitilla Airport, in Panama City.
Last Duty Station
1988-1989, 118X, Naval Special Warfare Group 2 (NSWG-2)/SEAL Team 4
Casualty Date: Dec 20, 1989
Cause: Hostile, By Small Arms Fire
Location: Panama Conflict
Cold War Era (1945-1991):
Operation Just Cause 1989
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Battle of Paitilla Airport
Part of the United States invasion of Panama and Operation Nifty Package
Battle of Paitilla Airport (Panama)
Date 20 December 1989
Location: Paitilla Airport, Panama, 8°58′59.9″N 79°30′37.0″W
Result American victory
Belligerents
United States United States Panama Panama
Commanders and leaders
United States Cmdr. Tom McGrath
United States Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Toohey Panama Lt. Octavo Rodriguez
Units involved
SEAL Team 4 Panama Defense Force
Strength
48 28-56
Casualties and losses
4 killed
9 wounded
1 private jet destroyed
. . . a battle between members of the Panama Defense Force and SEAL Team 4, on the 20th of December 1989, in the starting hours of Operation Just Cause. The force consisted of forty-eight U.S. Navy SEALs (three SEAL Platoons: Golf, Echo, and Delta) under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Toohey. The team was tasked with destroying Manuel Noriega's private jet on the ground at the Punta Paitilla Airport, in Panama City.
1988-1989, 118X, Naval Special Warfare Group 2 (NSWG-2)/SEAL Team 4
Casualty Date: Dec 20, 1989
Cause: Hostile, By Small Arms Fire
Location: Panama Conflict
Cold War Era (1945-1991):
Operation Just Cause 1989
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Battle of Paitilla Airport
Part of the United States invasion of Panama and Operation Nifty Package
Battle of Paitilla Airport (Panama)
Date 20 December 1989
Location: Paitilla Airport, Panama, 8°58′59.9″N 79°30′37.0″W
Result American victory
Belligerents
United States United States Panama Panama
Commanders and leaders
United States Cmdr. Tom McGrath
United States Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Toohey Panama Lt. Octavo Rodriguez
Units involved
SEAL Team 4 Panama Defense Force
Strength
48 28-56
Casualties and losses
4 killed
9 wounded
1 private jet destroyed
. . . a battle between members of the Panama Defense Force and SEAL Team 4, on the 20th of December 1989, in the starting hours of Operation Just Cause. The force consisted of forty-eight U.S. Navy SEALs (three SEAL Platoons: Golf, Echo, and Delta) under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Toohey. The team was tasked with destroying Manuel Noriega's private jet on the ground at the Punta Paitilla Airport, in Panama City.
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