Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1990 ka neke te kapa, me te toenga o tōna parirau hau, ki. I tae mai te VF-21 ki te turanga i te Moana Pirihi i te Akuhata 5, 1990 a ko ia tetahi o te Roopu Kaikawe i te whakautu tuatahi a Amerika ki te whakaekenga a Iraq i te Akuhata 2, 1990 o Kuwait
He aha? I puritia e VF-21 nga misioni "CAP" i te wa o te Operation Desert Shield, te whakatipu i nga ope a te roopu ki te whakaora i a Kuwait. Heoi, ko te roopu pakanga USS Independence) i tukuna i runga i te waahi e nga roopu pakanga "Ranger" me "Midway" Carrier i te timatanga o te Operation Desert Storm. I rere a General Norman Schwarzkopf i runga i te USS "Independence" ki te whakahau i te roopu whawhai; I ripoata a CBS Anchor Dan Rather mai i te papa rererangi USS "Independence". I hoki mai a VF-21 ki runga i te USS "Independence" ki te whakatu i te Mahi Southern Watch i muri tonu o te Desert Storm.