 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.From 15 October 1980 to 22 March 1981, under the "Swing Wing Concept" to reduce the deck multiple on "Ranger", VA-113 operated as a CVW-2 Detachment from NAS Cubi Point.