 It was perhaps best known as the home installation of the 8th Special Forces Group (Airborne)(Special Action Force) from 1962 until the 8SFGA inactivation, and the location of the School of the Americas.In 1984, control of the fort was turned over to the Republic of Panama who renamed it Fuerte Espinar.The U.S. retook over administration of the fort as a result of the 1989 United States invasion of Panama, but kept the name of Fort Espinar.