 Between 24–31 March 2006, during Foal Eagle 2006 exercises, VFA-2, VFA-34, VFA-137, and VFA-151 from (CVW-2) teamed with U.S. Air Force aircraft from the 18th Wing based at Kadena Air Base to provide combat air patrols and coordinated bombing runs via the exercise’s Combined Air Operations Center.The squadron returned home to NAS Oceana in August 2006.In March 2008 the squadron again deployed on USS "Abraham Lincoln".