 During this deployment the squadron participated in air strikes during Operation Linebacker II and saw action over South Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and North Vietnam.In May 1974 the squadron returned to WESTPAC as part of the Carrier Air Wing 2/USS "Ranger" team.VA-113 continued this association for the next eight years, completing four more peacetime WESTPAC deployments while compiling an accident-free safety record in the A-7E.