 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukutanga kwa2002, HS-14 yakatsigira Operation Enduring Freedom muAfghanistan nokuisa boka riri muUSS Kitty Hawk. Mukati mekuparadzirwa uku, Kitty Hawk yakashanda senzvimbo yekufambisa yekumisikidza yevakuru veUnited States Mauto emauto emauto emauto. Muna March 2003, sezvo mamiriro ezvinhu muIraq akawedzera, HS-14 uye Kitty Hawk vakagamuchira mirairo yekutora chikamu muOperation Iraqi Freedom. The Chargers vakagoverwa kugovera Naval Special Warfare NSW kukwanisa kutumira kushanda zvigadziko kutsigira SEAL kuvhiyiwa. Chikwata chacho chakakanganisawo kupora kweCVW-5 mutyairi wehondo akarohwa munharaunda yevavengi. 