 The Air Wing completed its 25th deployment and returned home on 23 May 2001.On 5 December 2002, CVW-3 departed for its 26th deployment to the Mediterranean, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and on 20 March 2003, CVW-3 began taking part in the Iraq War, flying defensive counter air missions in Western Iraq, launching aircraft off the coast of Egypt in the South Eastern Mediterranean.CVW-3 made four deployments aboard "Harry S. Truman" to the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean between 2004 and 2010.