Waxad qortaa sii wadida faqradan - 1990kii, 495 TFS ayaa la geeyay Saldhiga Taif Air Base, Saudi Arabia, oo qeyb ka ah Howlgalka Desert Shield kaas oo jawaab u ahaa duulaankii Ciraaq ee Kuweyt
Waxaad Ciidanka ayaa khasaare ka soo gaaray 15 Oktoobar 1990, markii F-111F "74-0183" uu burburay intii lagu jiray hawlgal tababar oo habeenkii ah, isagoo dilay duuliye kabtan Art Reid iyo kabtan Thomas Caldwell. 495-aad ayaa markii dambe ka qeybqaadatay Howlgalka Desert Storm.