Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: O le USAF na saunia osofaiga, vaalele, ma le taua lagolago gafatia mo gaioiga i Grenada i le 1983 (
O se tasi o na osofaʻiga, o le Operation Urgent Fury), Libya i le 1986 (Operation El Dorado Canyon), ma Panama i le 1989 (Operation Just Cause). O lesona na aʻoaʻoina mai nei gaioiga na faʻaaogaina i lona malosiʻaga faʻavae ma aʻoaʻoga, ma avea ma faʻavae mo le manuia o vaʻalele faʻagaioiga i le 1990s ma ina ua maeʻa Setema 11, 2001.