Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1990, an tura 495th TFS zuwa Taif Air Base, Saudi Arabia, a matsayin wani ɓangare na Operation Desert Shield wanda ya kasance a matsayin martani ga mamayewar Iraqi na Kuwait
Ka yi haƙuri. Squadron ya sha wahala a ranar 15 ga Oktoba, 1990, lokacin da F-111F "74-0183" ya fadi a lokacin horo na dare, ya kashe kyaftin kyaftin Art Reid da WSO kyaftin Thomas Caldwell. Daga baya 495th ya shiga cikin Operation Desert Storm.