Kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 1989, bayan shekaru da yawa na samun aikin da aka yi tare da C-130As, an zaɓi TAG na 143 don canzawa zuwa samfurin C-130E "Hercules". Aiki tuƙuru da ƙuduri a lokacin gyaran ya kawo sakamako mai kyau a lokacin rani na shekara ta 1990 sa'ad da masu ba da kai suka amsa kira don su ba da taimako a lokacin Operation Desert Shield. Ƙungiyar TAG ta 143 ta kasance daga cikin na farko na Ƙungiyar Tsaro na Ƙasar don samar da Ma'aikatan Jirgin Sama da Ma'aikatan Kulawa da ake buƙata ta hanyar USAF lokacin da ake buƙatar ƙarin ma'aikata da aka horar. Masu sa kai na farko, a watan Satumbar 1990, sun tashi daga Rhein-Main Air Base, Jamus kuma sun ba da tallafi ga ma'aikatan aiki da aka tura zuwa Turkiyya da Saudi Arabiya don amsawa ga
Harin da Iraki ta kai Kuwait. Rukunin na biyu na masu sa kai ya tashi a watan Janairun 1991 kuma an kafa su a RAF Mildenhall a United Kingdom. Bugu da ƙari, aikin sake dawowa, wannan ƙungiya yana da bambanci na kasancewa a cikin "Theater of Operation" lokacin da Operation Desert Shield ya juya zuwa Operation Desert Storm, Gulf War. Wannan rukuni na biyu na masu sa kai sun dawo gida a watan Fabrairu bayan sun kammala juyawa na wata guda a Mildenhall a shirye don komawa rayuwar farar hula da ayyuka. Amma, bayan mako guda da dawowarsu, an sake gaya wa waɗannan sojoji su soma aiki, a wannan karon shugaban ƙasar Amirka ne ya ce su yi hakan. Ba tun bayan yakin duniya na biyu ba ne aka kira 'yan kungiyar Rhode Island Air National Guard masu tashi sama zuwa sabis na tarayya. Kamar yadda a yakin duniya na biyu, na farko ya ba da tallafi a Amurka yana yin ayyukan da ma'aikatan aiki suka yi amfani da shi zuwa Gulf; amma a watan Afrilu na ƙarshe ya sake shiga cikin aikin da ya koma RAF Mildenhall. Tare da shan kashi na sojojin Iraqi da kuma karshen Gulf War, mambobi sun koma gida a watan Yunin 1991 kuma an sake su daga aiki.