Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati mezhizha rose ra1990, mukupindura kupera kweHondo Yemashoko, 3AD yakarayirwa kutanga kusarudza kubvisa 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, Purezidhendi George H. W. Bush akaita kuti mauto eU.S. apinde munhandare, kutanga kudzivirira Saudi Arabia, uye ipapo kudzinga mauto eIraq kubva kuKuwait. 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.