N'ọnwa June nke afọ 1990, ụgbọ mmiri ahụ ji ụgbọ mmiri a kpọrọ "Independence" gaghachi n'Ebe Ọdịda Anyanwụ Pacific. Mgbe ndị Iraq wakporo Kuwait
N'abalị abụọ n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ 1990, e nyere iwu ka USS "Independence" gaa n'Ọwara Oké Osimiri Oman, bụrụ ụgbọelu mbụ na-ebu ụgbọelu. 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.