 From November 1987 to February 1988, the squadron participated in Operation Earnest Will, the escorting of reflagged Kuwaiti tankers through the Persian Gulf.In late 1988 and again in 1989, the squadron embarked aboard USS "Midway" and made deployments to the Indian Ocean, along with several shorter deployments in the Western Pacific.VFA-195 was deployed aboard USS "Midway" when Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990.