Operation Nifty Package

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Operation Nifty Package was a plan, conducted in the starting hours of the Operation Just Cause, by US forces to apprehend or prevent the escape of Manuel Noriega. This operation included SEAL Team 4 who needed to destroy Noriega's private jet on the ground at the Punta Paitilla Airport, which was hastily done, resulting in the death of four team members.

Another Navy Seal group consisting of four divers and men on Zodiac attack boats, needed to sabotage Noriega's heavily armed gunboat while it was tied to a pier on the canal. The four divers swam in the canal while being attacked with Panamanian grenades. They also had to avoid a boat that was a suspected Russian intelligence vessel. Two of the divers had to go to the bottom of the canal, beyond the maximum operating limit of their breathing units, with two bombs, and they successfully destroyed Noriega's flagship.