Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na 1990, 495th TFS deployed to Taif Air Base, Saudi Arabia, dị ka akụkụ nke Operation Desert Shield nke bụ nzaghachi nye
Ndị Iraq wakporo Kuwait. Ndị otu ụgbọelu ahụ tara ahụhụ na 15 Ọktọba 1990, mgbe F-111F "74-0183" dara n'oge ọzụzụ ọzụzụ abalị, na-egbu onye ọkwọ ụgbọelu Captain Art Reid na WSO Captain Thomas Caldwell. Ndị 495 mechara sonye na Operation Desert Storm.