Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna August 1990 apo
Kuwait yakapindirwa neIraq, USS "Saratoga" yakanga iri muMediterranean uye nokukurumidza yakabatanidzwa muGungwa Dzvuku. VF-103 uye VF-74 vakashanda pamwe chete kuti vagadzire nzira dzokurwisa dzaiva panguva yeHondo yeGulf. Apo hondo yakatanga muna January 1991, VF-103 akaita murwi escort nokuda mhepo bapiro kuti kurova Mabhokisi, kuongorora uye bhomba kukuvadza ongororo uye kurwisa mhepo patrol. Pazuva rechina rwehondo, apo ari parwendo rwekufambisa, VF-103 F-14A + yakapfurwa nechinonzi SA-2 "Guideline" pasi-kune-mhepo missile. Pashure pokubuda mundege yake, Radar Intercept Officer, Lieutenant Larry Slade, akabatwa nemauto eIraq uye akachengetwa muBaghdad somusungwa wehondo kusvikira pakuguma kwehondo. Mutyairi wendege, Lieutenant Devon Jones, akakwanisa kunzvenga kubatwa uye, pashure pemaawa masere ari munharaunda yomuvengi, akanunurwa neUSAF Special Operations Forces.