Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1989, pashure pemakore okuita basa neC-130As, 143 TAG pakupedzisira yakasarudzwa kuti ichinje kuva C-130E muenzaniso "Hercules". Basa rakaoma nokutsunga panguva yokushandurwa kwakabhadharwa muzhizha ra1990 apo vazvipiri vakapindura kudana kwokupa tsigiro mukati meOperation Desert Shield. The 143 TAG aiva pakati wokutanga National Guard zviumbu kupa Flight Crews uye Maintenance vashandi zvaidiwa ne USAF apo okuwedzera vakadzidziswa manpower kwaidiwa. Vazvipiri vokutanga, muna September 1990, vakabhururuka vachibva kuRhein-Main Air Base, Germany uye vakapa rutsigiro rwekudzorera kune vashandi vebasa vanoshandiswa kuTurkey neSaudi Arabia mukupindura ku
Kupinda kweIraq muKuwait. Boka rechipiri revazvipiri rakabva muna January 1991 uye rakanga rakaiswa paRAF Mildenhall muUnited Kingdom. Zvakare, vachibhururuka vachidzorera basa, vashandi ava vaiva neropafadzo yokuva mu"Theater of Operation" apo Operation Desert Shield yakashanduka kuva Operation Desert Storm, Hondo yeGulf. Iri boka rechipiri ravazvipiri rakadzokera kumusha muna February pashure pokupedza kutenderera kwemwedzi mumwe paMildenhall rakagadzirira kudzokera kuupenyu hwevanhuwo zvavo nemabasa. Zvisinei, inenge vhiki imwe pashure pokudzokera kwavo ava varwiwo zvavo vakakumbirwazve kupindura kudana kubasa, panguva ino naPurezidhendi weUnited States. Kubvira muHondo yeNyika II nhengo dzeRhode Island Air National Guard dzakanga dzisati dzambodanwa kuti dziite basa rehurumende. Sezvo muHondo Yenyika Yechipiri chikwata pakutanga akapa rutsigiro muUnited States kuita mabasa vakasiya nokuda vanoshingaira basa vashandi kuendeswa Gulf; asi muna April chikwata pakupedzisira akapinda chiito zvakare kudzokera RAF Mildenhall. Nokukundwa kwemauto eIraq uye kuguma kweHondo yeGulf, nhengo dzakadzokera kumusha muna June 1991 uye dzakasunungurwa kubva mubasa rinoshanda.