Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te po o te 14/15 o Paenga-whāwhā 1986, i uru te 492nd TFS ki te Operation El Dorado Canyon, te whakaekenga rererangi i Tripoli, Libya hei whakautu ki te whakaeke i te West Berlin discoteque, me 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 nga mahi a Saddam Hussein
Te whakaekenga a Iraki ki Kuiti. 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.