They began recruiting people with the skills they were looking for in what they had decided to be their new primary roll. They were now considering themselves as a kind of BlackOps Air Superiority team, with a reduced emphasis on ground attacks and infiltration.
A notable exception to this new doctrine, however, was the ETF's two Intell Operatives, the Terror Twins who had, if anything, sharpened their skills as they became one of the deadliest Intellegence teams in the world.
Once the team started down the road to air superiority, things were never the same. As the team started training, they became proficient in the use of such vehicles as the F-15E Strike Eagle (Which was to become the trademark aircraft of the ETF), F-29A Retaliator, F-22A Raptor, F-23A Gray Ghost, A-10A/F Thunderbolt II/Warthog II, F-15C Eagle, F-14D Tomcat, A-7D Corsair II, F/A-18C/E Hornet/Super Hornet, F-4E Wild Weasel Phantom II, A-4M Skyhawk II, F-20F Tigershark II, SR-71A Blackbird, B-1B Lancer, B-52G Stratofortress, F-117A Nighthawk, and FB-111C Aardvark. In addition to these aircraft, which, through trial and error, the ETF members modified into extremelly lethal fighting vehicles, the 137CW made their own aircraft for the missions they saw a need to fulfill. It must be noted that, aside from exterior appearances, no aircraft in the team's inventory is anywhere near stock. The pilots modify the cockpits to their personal styles and needs, some going so far as to install sound systems, and the avionics are ahead of state of the art (Thanks mostly to the wheeling and dealing of Shaba and Supersonic), and each member paints the aircraft to fit their personal, ahem, style. The new aircraft the Eagles constructed, however, are another story all together. They may bear a passing resemblance to the aircraft they started out as, but in all other aspects, these are totally new fighting machines. These vehicles are unique, one-of-a-kind fighting aircraft built for a certain purpose. They are the NAWCC REB-36D Eagle's Nest, the KRC-135V EagleEye, the EF-117D Night Avenger, the F-23B Black Widow II, F-23C Shadow, RF-22C Mint, and F-15SSE Drachelicht. These aircraft were concieved, then modified, by the team to make sure the Eagles would have the upper hand when it came time to play.
The Eagles first had a chance to prove their flying skills in Operation Desert Storm in 1991. In 1992-96, the team built a new, more public, headquarters, at EagleIsle, so as to detract from any attention that Gorilla Mountain might attract.
Then, in 1998, World War Three started as the Asian Military Coalition began making good all Mayhem's predictions, and then some. Then, in August of 2004, the ETF is called to once again defend their homeland as an Air Force Wing, this time as the 137th Combat Wing.