Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na June 1990, ìgwè ndị agha ahụ ji ụgbọ mmiri "Independence" gaghachi n'Ebe Ọdịda Anyanwụ Pacific. Ịgbaso
Iraq wakporo Kuwait na 2 Ọgọstụ 1990, USS "Independence" nyere iwu ka ọ gaa n'Ọwara Oké Osimiri Oman, bụrụ onye mbụ na-ebu ụgbọelu na ọdụ. VFA-113 duziri Operation Desert Shield na North Persian Gulf na Saudi Arabia. N'ụbọchị 3 na 4 nke ọnwa Ọktoba, 1990, VFA-113 rụrụ ọrụ ụgbọ elu site na USS "Independence" mgbe ọ na-arụ ọrụ na Ọwara Oké Osimiri Peshia, na-egosi oge mbụ onye na-ebu ụgbọelu rụrụ ọrụ na Ọwara Oké Osimiri kemgbe 1974. Ndị otu ụgbọelu ahụ laghachiri na mbugharị a na 20 Disemba 1990.