SOURCE: 870-5a Organizational History Files. XVIII Airborne Corps. 1989-90. Operation JUST CAUSE. Corps Historian's Notes. Notebook #1. PERMANENT.
NOTE: Facts all require verification
Battalion 2000
Fort Cimarron (PA 930100)
column of 10 vehicles knocked out Pacora River Bridge
Battalion Paz
KV 9577
Cavalry Squadron
Panama Viejo Cuartel (PV 9566)
initially sat things out
1st Infantry Company [300+]
Tinajitas Cuartel (PA 640020)
may have mortared Fort Clayton
2d Infantry Company
Tocumen Cuartel (PA 780020)
suffered some killed but most probably fled
lost weapons
suspected of being ones who tried to hold hostages at Torrijos International Airport terminal
3d Infantry Company
David Cuartel [?] (LV 0403)
5th Infantry Company
Fort Amador (PV 600900)
majority surrender by 200730R
6th Infantry Company
Rio Hato (NV 9827)
7th Infantry Company
Rio Hato (NV 9827)
8th Infantry Company
Fort Espinar
knocked out 201312R (22 KIA, 98 POW)
Fuerza Aerea Panama [FAP; Air Force]
Tocumen Air Base
lost 12 helicopters
Naval Command
Fort Amador
UESAT
probably at Panama Viejo (PV 950660)
Arrijan Tank Farm DNTT Station (PV 570899)
taken out by TF SEMPER FI in small firefight
Other PDF facts
La Comandancia garrison resisted then exfiltrated; probably included elements of 6th and 7th Infantry Companies
Panama Viejo garrison probably included elements of Cavalry Squadron, UESAT, and possibly a platoon of Battalion 2000
A Nicaraguan 727 was on ground at Tocumen [is it same as An-26 also reported there, or were there two aircraft?]