Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te pō o te 14/15 o Paengawhāwhā 1986, i whai wāhi te 492nd TFS ki Operation El Dorado Canyon, te whakaekenga rererangi ki Tripoli, Libya hei whakautu ki te whakaeke i te disko o West Berlin, i te taha o te toenga o te 48th TFW. I tukuna te 492 me a raatau F-111F ki Taif Air Base, Saudi Arabia, hei waahanga o te Operation Desert Shield i te 2 o Hepetema 1990, hei whakautu ki te whakaekenga a Iraq a Saddam Hussein ki Kuwait
He aha? Mai i te Taif Air Base, i whakaekehia e te waahanga nga whakaeke ki Iraq hei waahanga o te Operation Desert Storm i waenga i te Hanuere me te Hui-tanguru 1991.