Mezue ahịrịokwu a:
Mgbe ndị Iraq wakporo Kuwait n'August 1990, e tinyere ndị agha ahụ n'ọnọdụ dị njikere nke ukwuu na-echere nkenye ọnọdụ na mpaghara Ọwara. N'oge mwakpo ahụ, ndị 22nd Fighter Squadron nọ na MSIP (Multi-Stage Improvement Program) nkwalite nke F-15 ha ma enweghị ike itinye ya n'ọrụ dị ka otu unit. N'ọnwa Disemba afọ 1990, ụgbọelu ndị ahụ emechara nkwalite, tinyere ndị ọkwọ ụgbọelu na ndị na-ahụ maka mmezi nke 22nd AMU (Aircraft Maintenance Unit), gbakwunyere nwanne ha nwanyị, 53rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, maka nkenye ọnọdụ na Al Kharj AB, Saudi Arabia na nkwado nke Operations Desert Shield na mgbe e mesịrị Desert Storm. N'ọnwa Jenụwarị afọ 1991, ọtụtụ ụgbọelu, ndị ọkwọ ụgbọelu na ndị na-ahụ maka nchekwa si na squadron zigara Incirlik AB, Turkey yana nwanne ha nwanyị ọzọ, 525th Tactical Fighter Squadron, na F-15s nke 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron si Soesterberg AB, Netherlands. N'agbanyeghi na ọnụọgụgụ ha belatara, ndị ọkwọ ụgbọelu na ndị na-elekọta 22nd nọ na Bitburg gara n'ihu na-enye ụgbọ elu maka ụlọ ọrụ Zulu Alert, yana nyere nkwado maka ndị na-abụghị ndị F-15 na-aga mpaghara agha. N'ebe niile, ụgbọelu na ndị ọrụ nke 22nd Tactical Fighter Squadron rụrụ ọrụ dị ịtụnanya n'okpuru ọnọdụ siri ike. Ọ dịghị otu ụgbọelu F-15 funahụrụ n'agha n'oge agha ahụ, ọtụtụ n'ime ha lọghachikwara na-egbu egbu. Ụgbọelu ọdụ ụgbọelu 79-0078, otu n'ime ụgbọelu ndị Al Kharj nke nọ n'ụgbọelu ahụ, e nyere ya ụgwọ maka igbu mmadụ abụọ nke Mig-21 na 6 February 1991. Ụgbọelu ọdụ ụgbọelu 79-0022, otu n'ime ụgbọelu ndị agha ahụ etinyere na Incirlik, bụ onye a na-akwụ ụgwọ na Mig-23 gburu na 28 Jenụwarị 1991 ma na-egosipụta ugbu a, ya na ndị ọzọ na-echeta ndị agha ahụ, na Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum na Pueblo, Colorado. N'ọnwa Machị afọ 1991, ndị agha Incirlik zigara laghachiri Bitburg AB. Ndị ikpeazụ so na ndị Al Kharj deployment sochiri ha n'ọnwa Julaị 1991.