Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - N'afọ 1990, ndị agha ahụ, tinyere ndị fọdụrụ n'ụgbọelu ya, kwagara. VF-21 rutere n'ọdụ ụgbọelu na Ọwara Oké Osimiri Persia na August 5, 1990 ma bụrụ akụkụ nke Carrier Group nke bụ nzaghachi mbụ nke America na Iraq nke August 2, 1990 Na-awakpo Kuwait
Ọ dị mma. VF-21 nọgidere na-alụ ọgụ Air Patrol "CAP" ozi n'oge Operation Desert Shield, na-ewu nke mmekota agha ịtọhapụ Kuwait. Agbanyeghị, ndị otu agha USS Independence) ka ndị otu agha "Ranger" na "Midway" Carrier nọ na ọdụ na mbido Operation Desert Storm. General Norman Schwarzkopf gbara ụgbọ elu USS "Independence" iji nye iwu maka ndị agha agha; CBS Anchor Dan Rather kọrọ site na USS "Independence" ụgbọ elu. VF-21 laghachiri n'ụgbọ USS "Independence" iji guzobe Operation Southern Watch ozugbo Desert Storm gasịrị.