Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan mamayewar Kuwait
da Iraki a watan Agusta 1990, an sanya rundunar a cikin yanayin shirye-shiryen jiran yiwuwar turawa zuwa Yankin Gulf. A lokacin mamayewa, Squadron Fighter Squadron 22 ya shiga cikin MSIP (Multi-Stage Improvement Program) na F-15s kuma ba za a iya tura su a matsayin haɗin kai ba. A watan Disamba na 1990, waɗannan jiragen sama waɗanda suka kammala haɓakawa, tare da matukan jirgi da masu kula da su daga 22nd AMU (Rukunin Kula da Jirgin Sama), sun haɓaka 'yar'uwar' yar'uwarsu, 53rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, don turawa zuwa Al Kharj AB, Saudi Arabiya don tallafawa Ayyukan Desert Shield da daga baya Desert Storm. A watan Janairun 1991, yawancin jirage da suka rage, matukan jirgi da masu kulawa daga rundunar sun tura zuwa Incirlik AB, Turkiyya tare da sauran 'yan uwanta, 525th Tactical Fighter Squadron, da F-15s na 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron daga Soesterberg AB, Netherlands. Duk da karancin adadinsu, sauran matukan jirgi da masu kula da 22 a Bitburg sun ci gaba da samar da jirgin sama don kayan aikin Zulu Alert, tare da bayar da tallafi ga F-15s da ba na rundunar ba a kan hanyar zuwa yankin yaƙi. A duk wuraren, jiragen sama da ma'aikatan Rundunar Sojoji ta 22 sun yi ayyukan ban mamaki a cikin yanayi mai wuya. Babu wani jirgin sama na F-15 da aka rasa a yakin a lokacin yakin kuma da dama sun dawo tare da kashewa. Jirgin sama mai lamba 79-0078, daya daga cikin jirgin sama na Al Kharj da aka tura, an lasafta shi da kashe Mig-21 guda biyu a ranar 6 ga Fabrairun 1991. Jirgin sama mai lamba 79-0022, daya daga cikin jiragen sama na rundunar da aka tura zuwa Incirlik, an lasafta shi da Mig-23 kashe a ranar 28 ga Janairu 1991 kuma a halin yanzu ana nuna shi, tare da sauran abubuwan tunawa na rundunar, a Gidan Tarihin Jirgin Sama na Pueblo Weisbrod a Pueblo, Colorado. A watan Maris na 1991, rundunar da aka tura a Incirlik ta koma Bitburg AB. An bi su da mambobin karshe na Al Kharj a watan Yulin 1991.