I te tau 1990, i tukuna te 495th TFS ki Taif Air Base, Saudi Arabia, hei wāhanga o te Operation Desert Shield hei whakautu ki te whakaekenga o Iraq ki Kuwait
He aha? I mate te kapa i te 15 o Oketopa 1990, i te wa i hinga ai te F-111F "74-0183" i te wa o te whakangungu whakangungu i te po, i mate ai te kaiurungi Capt. Art Reid me te WSO Capt. Thomas Caldwell. I muri mai ka uru te 495 ki te Operation Desert Storm.