 As the last Navy F/A-18C squadron on the west coast to transition to the Super Hornet, that last flight happened to be the last operational legacy Hornet flight ever for NAS Lemoore.On 06 October 2017, VFA-113 embarked aboard to the Western Pacific and Middle East.While deployed they operated in support of Operations Inherent Resolve and Freedom's Sentinel, returning in May 2018.

in 2019, the squadron was reassigned to Carrier Air Wing 2, thus swapping places with VFA-137.