Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Yuni na 1990, rundunar ta sake tafiya zuwa yammacin Pacific, a cikin jirgin "Independence". Bayan mamayewar Iraqi na Kuwait
a ranar 2 ga watan Agustan 1990, an umurci USS "Independence" zuwa Gulf of Oman, ya zama na farko mai ɗaukar jirgin sama a tashar. VFA-113 ya gudanar da ayyukan Operation Desert Shield a kan Arewacin Gulf Persian da Saudi Arabia. A ranar 3-4 ga Oktoba 1990, VFA-113 ya gudanar da ayyukan jirgin daga USS "Independence" yayin da yake aiki a cikin Gulf Persian, wanda ya nuna karo na farko da mai ɗaukar jirgin ya yi aiki a cikin Gulf tun 1974. Rundunar ta dawo daga wannan turawa a ranar 20 ga Disamba, 1990.