Operation Acid Gambit: Panama, Noriega and a CIA man
The daring Operation Acid Gambit was a Delta Force rescue mission that saw Kurt Muse plucked from the jaws of captivity.
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The daring Operation Acid Gambit was a Delta Force rescue mission that saw Kurt Muse plucked from the jaws of captivity.
Taken in 1989 during Operation Acid Gambit, this photo shows Delta Force operators alongside conventional Army troops.
The Delta team that executed Operation Acid Gambit had to deal with more than just Manuel Noriega's troops.
American intelligence operations during the Cold War were filled with embarrassing failures and botched projects. But there were also ridiculously bold,
AP Photo/Matias Recart In the early morning hours of December 20, 1989, Delta Force operators descended on a Panamanian prison holding CIA operative Kurt Muse. The operation, conducted at the outset of the US invasion of Panama, brought Muse home safely, becoming Delta Force's first successful hostage-rescue mission. On the night of December 20, 1989, the US invaded Panama to overthrow dictator Manuel Noriega. This small-scale conflict was full of special operations — some of them successful, others not — involving Rangers, Navy SEALs, and Green Berets. But i...