a decade. Military planners and Washington officials were correct when they proclaimed that the war in the desert would "...not be another Viet Nam," and Desert Storm would go into the history books as one of TAC's most shining moments. Known TAC units and aircraft deployed in Operation Desert Shield/Storm (1990–1991) 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron/388 TFW (F-16C/D) Hill AFB, UT 41st Electronic Combat Squadron /28th Air Division (EC-130H Compass Call) Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ 17th Tactical Fighter Squadron/363 TFW (F-16C/D) Shaw AFB, SC 23d Tactical Air Support Squadron/602 TACW (A-10A) Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ 27th Tactical Fighter Squadron/1 TFW (F-15C/D) Langley AFB, VA 33d Tactical Fighter Squadron/363 TFW (F-16C/D) Shaw AFB, SC 58th Tactical Fighter Squadron/33 TFW (F-15C/D) Eglin AFB, FL 69th Tactical Fighter Squadron/347 TFW (F-16C/D) Moody AFB, GA 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron/1 TFW (F-15C/D) Langley AFB, VA 74th Tactical Fighter Squadron/23 TFW (A-10A) England AFB, LA 76th Tactical Fighter Squadron/23 TFW (A-10A) England AFB, LA 335th Tactical Fighter Squadron/4 TFW (F-15E) Seymour Johnson AFB, NC 336th Tactical Fighter Squadron/4 TFW (F-15E) Seymour Johnson AFB, NC 353d Tactical Fighter Squadron/354 TFW (A-10A) Myrtle Beach AFB, SC 355th Tactical Fighter Squadron/354 TFW (A-10A) Myrtle Beach AFB, SC 390th Electronic Combat Squadron/366 TFW (EF-111A) Mountain Home AFB, ID 415th Tactical Fighter Squadron/37 TFW (F-117A) Tonopah Test Range Airport, NV 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron/37 TFW (F-117A) Tonopah Test Range Airport, NV 421st Tactical Fighter Squadron/388 TFW (F-16C/D) Hill AFB, UT 561st Tactical Fighter Squadron/35 TFW (F-4G) George AFB, CA 963rd Airborne Warning and Control Squadron/552 ACW (E-3B/C) Tinker AFB, OK 964th Airborne Warning and Control Squadron/552 ACW (E-3B/C) Tinker AFB, OK 965th Airborne Warning and Control Squadron/552 ACW (E-3B/C) Tinker AFB, OK 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron/67 TRW (RF-4C) Bergstrom AFB, TX (Does not include AFRES or ANG tactical flying units deployed from CONUS or USAF tactical flying units deployed from United States Air Forces in Europe) Inactivation of Tactical Air Command and establishment or Air Combat Command Operation Desert Storm was also the swan song for Tactical Air Command. The planning and execution of the mission was the result of 45 years of TAC being honed into one of the most effective military organizations in history. Following the 1991 Gulf War and the end of the Cold War, U.S. military planners perceived a serious blurring between the responsibilities of TAC and SAC. The collapse of the former Soviet Union and the end of the