The Panama Defense Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas de Defensa de Panamá; FFDD) formerly the National Guard (of Panama) (Spanish: Guardia Nacional),[1][2] were the armed forces of the Republic of Panama.
It was created in 1983 led by Panama's dictator, General Manuel Noriega, and his general staff. It was dismantled by the United States Armed Forces after the U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989.
The PanamaDefenseForces (Spanish: Fuerzas de Defensa de Panamá; FFDD) formerly the National Guard (of Panama) (Spanish: Guardia Nacional), were the armed...
The Panamanian Public Forces (Spanish: Fuerza Pública de la República de Panamá) are the national security forces of Panama. Panama is the second country...
concluded in late January 1990 with the surrender of Noriega. The PanamaDefenseForces (PDF) were dissolved, and President-elect Guillermo Endara was sworn...
Friends of the Israel DefenseForces (FIDF) (in Hebrew: ארגון ידידי צה״ל בארה״ב) is an organization established in 1981 dedicated to the men and women...
(1934 – 7 June 2017) was a Panamanian military officer who was the last Chief of the general staff of the PanamaDefenseForces under dictator Manuel Noriega...
personnel. "The PanamaDefenseForces". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2008-02-27. "CIA - The World Factbook". Cia.gov. Retrieved 2012-06-17. "Panama military...
an army alternative are excluded. The term armed forces refers to any government-sponsored defense used to further the domestic and foreign policies...
This article lists the heads of state of Panama since the short-lived first independence from the Republic of New Granada in 1840 and the final separation...
Panama (/ˈpænəmɑː/ PAN-ə-mah, /pænəˈmɑː/ pan-ə-MAH; Spanish: Panamá IPA: [panaˈma] ), officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America...
National Police of Panama (Spanish: Policía Nacional de Panamá) is the national police of Panama, under the Panamanian Public Forces. Established by the...
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second-highest rank in the country. He reformed the National Guard as the PanamaDefenseForces (PDF), and with the financial assistance of the U.S., expanded and...
militia units created by Panama's de facto ruler Manuel Noriega in April 1988 to augment the PanamaDefenseForces in defending Panama against possible invasion...
prisoners held in the detention facility and killed 5 soldiers of the PanamaDefenseForces. The U.S. force consisted of eighty paratroopers along with three...
action of the United States invasion of Panama, and was fought between the U.S military and the PanamaDefenseForces (PDF) on 20 December 1989. The action...
commercial success and was cancelled after only three years. Panama: Used by the PanamaDefenseForces United States: Baltimore City Police Department .38 Special...
government invaded Panama in order to destroy the PDF, the PanamaDefenseForces, which were perceived as a threat to U.S. control over Panama, and install...
action of the United States invasion of Panama, and was fought between the U.S. military and the PanamaDefenseForces (PDF) on 20 December 1989. The goal...
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(of Panama) (1946–1990) (Spanish: Guardia Nacional),were the armed forces of the Republic of Panama. Later re-organized as the PanamaDefenseForces. Venezuelan...