Tulis hiji neraskeun pikeun ayat ieu - Dina 1990, nu 495th TFS deployed ka Taif Air Base, Saudi Arabia, salaku bagian tina Operasi Gurun Shield nu éta di response kana invasi Iraqi of Kuwait
. tapi Skuadron ieu ngalaman karugian dina tanggal 15 Oktober 1990, nalika F-111F "74-0183" nabrak nalika misi latihan wengi, maéhan pilot Kaptén Art Reid sareng Kaptén WSO Thomas Caldwell. 495th saterusna milu dina Operasi Desert Storm.