Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Pipiri 1990, ka rere ano te kapa nei ki te Uru o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, i runga i te "Independence". Whai muri i te
I te whakaekenga o Iraq ki Kuwait i te 2 o Akuhata 1990, i whakahaua a USS "Independence" ki te Moana o Oman, hei kaipuke rererangi tuatahi i te waahi. I whakahaerehia e te VFA-113 nga miihana Operation Desert Shield i te Raki o te Persian Gulf me Saudi Arabia. I te 3 me te 4 o Oketopa 1990, i whakahaerehia e te VFA-113 nga mahi rererangi mai i te USS "Independence" i a ia e mahi ana i te Moana Perea, e tohu ana i te wa tuatahi i mahi ai tetahi kaikawe i te Moana mai i te 1974. I hoki mai te kapa mai i tenei whakatinanatanga i te 20 o Tihema 1990.