 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mapapiro anoteedzera mutsara wayo kusvika pakumisikidzwa kwayo musi wa20 Mbudzi 1947, yakatanga kunzi 31st Fighter Wing, uye yakamira paTurner Airfield, Georgia. Kubvira ipapo, bapiro rave rakamira paGeorge Air Force Base, California uye Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, kusvikira pakupedzisira kuuya kuAviano Air Base, Italy muna April 1994. The 31st Fighter Wing akaita somunhu anokosha mutambi mune dzakawanda zvinokosha engagements uye akavhiyiwa munguva yayo refu nhoroondo, kusanganisira akawanda akavhiyiwa muVietnam, Balkan uye Operation Odyssey Dawn. 