On 9 November 1983, Headquarters Military Airlift Command activated a new flying unit at Zweibrücken: the 10th MAS. On 15 January 1984, the newly reactivated and redesignated 10th Military Airlift Squadron began operating 18 Short Bros C-23A Sherpa aircraft from Zweibrücken to provide regular daily logistics support flights to USAFE bases as part of the European Distribution System (EDS). In 1990 as part of Operation Proven Force (deployment of USAFE assets to Turkey to open a "second front" and divert some of Iraq's air defense resources), the 38th TRS moved to Incirlik to support Operation Desert Storm flying more than 100 tactical reconnaissance missions over Northern Iraq. First combat ops began on 18 Jan and concluded after the 28 Feb ceasefire; units began redeploying from Incirlik by 9 March. By 4 April, the 26th TRW and the 38th TRS had been deactivated, and their RF-4C "Recon Rhinos" were on their way to AMARC storage.