Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muzhizha rose ra1990, somugumisiro wokuguma kweHondo Yemashoko, 3AD yakarayirwa kutanga kubvisa nokusarudza zvinhu zvakasiyana-siyana zvechikamu. Mamwe mapoka, somuenzaniso 3rd Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery, akanga achidzorera midziyo uye achikwidzana nemamwe mapoka e3AD apo zviitiko zvinokosha kuMiddle East zvakabudirira muna August 1990. Mwedzi iwoyo, Iraq
yakapinda muKuwait, uye nokukurumidza pashure pacho, Mutungamiri George H. W. Bush akaita kuti mauto eU.S. apinde munhandare, kutanga kudzivirira Saudi Arabia, uye ipapo kudzinga mauto eIraq muKuwait. Kuendeswa kwezvikamu zvepamberi zve3AD kwakatanga muna Zvita, nemamwe mauniti ekuendesa anosvika muna Ndira. Zvikamu zvakanga zvabviswa zvaitsiviwa kana kuti zvawedzerwa simba razvo rose. Somuenzaniso, 3<unk>5 ADA yakatsiviwa ne8th Infantry Division's 5th Battalion, 3rd Air Defense Artillery. Mamwe mapoka akabatanidzwa ku3AD kuti aisvitse, uye kunyange kupfuura, simba rakazara.