 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1988 VP-4 yakadzokera kuHawaii uko vakapinda muzvidzidzo zvakawanda, kubatanidza Exercise RIMPAC. Muna 1989 VP-4 yakapedza kushandiswa kwakanyanya kuNAS Adak, ichiita mabasa akawanda eASW uye ichitora chikamu muPACIFIC EXERCISE-89, iyo yakakura zvikuru Naval Exercise kubvira Hondo Yenyika II. Kuendeswa kuDiego Garcia munaNovember 1990, VP-4 yakakurumidza kugadzira chikwata kuRAFO Masirah, Oman kuti ishandise United Nations Embargo kurwisa Iraq panguva yeOperation Desert Shield. Pakasvika kutanga kwaJanuary 1991, nhume 179 dzakanga dzapikisa ngarava dzokutengesa 3.669. Chibvumirano chacho chakabva chapiwa Battle Force Protection sezvo hondo yakaziviswa musi wa 17 January 1991. Kubhururuka 279 hondo mishoni uye 2,779 ndege maawa muPersian Gulf kutsigira Operations Desert Shield uye Desert Storm, VP-4 akapa vasabatwa uye kunanga, zvichiguma zvachose kuparadzwa Iraqi Navy. 