Mission to Panama
Title
Mission to Panama
Description
In 1992 crews from the 914 Tactical Airlift Group out of Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station were deployed to Panama for a multipurpose mission. The C-130 cargo crews took Part in a drug interdiction operation, as well as providing aid to an orphanage and helping to build a school.
The mission took place about three years after U.S. forces invaded Panama, removing dictator Manuel Noriega from power. Some members of the 914th had participated in the invasion, called Operation Just Cause.
Noriega was brought to the U.S. where he was tried and convicted of drug trafficking, racketeering, and money laundering.
WIVB-TV reporter Rich Newberg and photographer Paul Woodson accompanied the 914th on the mission and produced a four part series for the station.
The mission took place about three years after U.S. forces invaded Panama, removing dictator Manuel Noriega from power. Some members of the 914th had participated in the invasion, called Operation Just Cause.
Noriega was brought to the U.S. where he was tried and convicted of drug trafficking, racketeering, and money laundering.
WIVB-TV reporter Rich Newberg and photographer Paul Woodson accompanied the 914th on the mission and produced a four part series for the station.
Date
1992-12-20 through 1992-12-23
Subject
Source
Rich Newberg Reports Collection
Publisher
WIVB (Television Station: Buffalo, N.Y.)
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (publisher of digital)
Rights
Copyright held by WIVB-TV. Access to this digital version provided by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Videos or images in this collection are not to be used for any commercial purposes without expressed written permission of WIVB-TV and the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
Type
Moving image
Format
MP4
Language
Collection
Citation
Newberg, Rich (Producer, Writer, Reporter) and Woodson, Paul (Photographer, editor), “Mission to Panama,” B&ECPL Digital Collections, accessed December 26, 2024, https://digital.buffalolib.org/document/2163.