 Nyorai kuenderera kweiyi ndima - VAQ-142 yakadzokera kune inotakura ndege muna Chivabvu 2011 pavakabatana neCarrier Air Wing Eleven CVW 11 yakanamatira kuUSS Nimitz. Pashure kuchinja kuti Improved kugona ICAP III EA-6B airframe, VAQ-142 uye CVW-11 akatanga kushanda-ups pamwe Carrier zvinodiwa mungarava USS Nimitz muna April 2012. Muna Nyamavhuvhu 2012, squadron yakapedza yekutanga squadron inotakura detachment mumakore anopfuura makumi maviri nerimwe sechikamu che2012 Rim yePacific Exercise RIMPAC. Muna Kubvumbi 2013, VAQ-142 yakaiswa pamwe neUSS Nimitz uye CVW-11 sechikamu cheCarrier Strike Group Gumi nerimwe CSG 11 yekumisikidzwa kwemwedzi mitanhatu kuFifth Fleet AOR. Kamwe pachiteshi, squadron yakabhururuka 93 kurwa sorties vanosvika 637 ndege maawa ane 100 kurwa sortie kupedzisa mwero mukutsigira Operation Enduring Freedom. Nimitz Strike Group yakatungamirirwa zvisingatarisirwi kuGungwa Dzvuku semhinduro kuchinetso chezvombo zvemakemikari zveSyria. Mushure mekuwedzerwa kwakati wandei muGungwa Dzvuku, squadron pakupedzisira yakapedza mwedzi mipfumbamwe yekuendesa iyo yaisanganisira mashandiro muUS Third, Fifth, Sixth, uye Seventh Fleet AORs. Zvichitevera deployment ichi, VAQ-142 akagamuchira 2013 Battle E uye Safety S mibayiro, uye akanga paakavapa 2013 Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy. 