Operation Acid Gambit
| Operation Acid Gambit | |||||||
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| Part of the United States invasion of Panama | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States |
 Panama | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Col. Peter J. Schoomaker Eldon Bargewell Gary L. Harrell |
Manuel Noriega | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
 1st SFOD-D 160th SOAR(A) 5th Infantry Division |
 Panama Defense Forces | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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23 Delta Operators 4 MH-6 helicopters | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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4 wounded 1 helicopter crashed |
5 killed 1 captured | ||||||
Operation Acid Gambit took place as an opening action of the United States invasion of Panama, on 20 December 1989. It was a U.S. Delta Force operation that retrieved Kurt Muse, a rumored asset of the Central Intelligence Agency, operating in Panama who had been arrested for leading a plot with other Panamanians to overthrow the government of Panama, from the Cárcel Modelo, a notorious prison in Panama City.