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====Just Cause==== [[File:1st Special Operations Wing.svg|thumb|125px|{{center|1st SOW}}]] Talons supported ''[[Operation Just Cause]]'', the United States invasion of [[Panama]] in December 1989 and January 1990.<ref name="fact"/> Three MC-130Es of the 1st Special Operations Wing deployed to [[Hunter Army Air Field]], Georgia within 48 hours of being alerted, then airlanded Rangers of the [[75th Ranger Regiment (United States)|2nd Battalion 75th Ranger Regiment]] into [[Rio Hato]] Military Airfield on 18 December 1989. The operation was conducted under total blackout conditions, using night vision goggles, 35 minutes after the opening parachute assault. One of the MC-130s had an engine disabled by a ground obstruction while taxiing, then made an NVG takeoff on three engines under intense ground fire, earning its pilot the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]]. The lead Talon, the only MC-130E equipped with the Benson tank refueling system, remained on the airfield as a Forward Area Refueling and Rearming Point (FARRP) for U.S. Army [[Hughes OH-6 Cayuse|OH-6]] helicopters.<ref>Thigpen (2001), pp. 323β330.</ref> When Panamanian General [[Manuel Noriega]] surrendered on 3 January, he was immediately flown to [[Homestead Air Force Base]], Florida, by a Combat Talon.<ref>Thigpen (2001), p. 335. Maj. David L. "Skip" Davenport was awarded the DFC at Rio Hato, and also flew Noriega to the United States.</ref>
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