Kammala wannan jumla: A safiyar ranar 1 ga Janairu, 1986, an tura VAQ-135 don tallafawa ayyukan Rundunar Sojoji na shida a cikin Bahar Rum. A cikin sa'o'i 48, sun tashi daga NAS Whidbey Island, sun shiga sabon jirgin saman Carrier Air Wing 13 (CVW-13) a teku a kan jirgin kuma sun goyi bayan ayyukan gaggawa da ke gudana a tsakiyar Bahar Rum. A cikin watanni biyar masu zuwa, ba tare da tallafin samar da kayayyaki a cikin wasan kwaikwayo ba, rundunar ta ba da tallafin yaƙin lantarki ga sojojin ruwan Amurka da ke aiki a gabar tekun Libiya. Rundunar ta shiga cikin nasara
hare-haren a cikin Gulf of Sidra a watan Maris na 1986 kuma ya ba da mahimman ayyukan tallafi na kusa a cikin nasarar &lt;a href="1986%20Bombing%20of%20Libya"&gt; hare-haren a filin jirgin saman Benina/Benghazi&lt;/a&gt; a watan Afrilu na wannan shekarar. A sakamakon haka, an ba wa rundunar ta biyu lambar yabo ta Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa, da Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa, da Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa da kuma Association of Old Crows Outstanding Unit Award a shekarar 1986.