HS-14 was established on 10 July 1984 at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California and originally flew the Sikorsky SH-3H "Sea King" helicopter.

During Desert Storm, the Chargers participated in an operation that resulted in the capture of four Iraqi commandos on a small island off the coast of Kuwait.

In May 1993, the squadron moved 175 men and women, seven aircraft, and all their support equipment from San Diego to Mayport, Florida in four days.

The cross-country move was executed to embark on board USS Constellation for her transit around South America to San Diego.

For HS-14, this meant an accelerated transition schedule and training program to complete a homeport change to Atsugi, Japan by October 1994.

The squadron's progress in this endeavor was rewarded with a personal visit from then Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Frank B. Kelso.

This exercise represented a shift in naval policy from set "work-up" periods and deployment schedules to a rapid-responding, surge capable force.

At the same time, another HS-14 detachment was deployed on board the guided-missile cruiser USS Vincennes to support several 7th Fleet ASW exercises, operating in conjunction with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

HS-14 spent most of the year deployed and participating in exercises such as Talisman Saber, Orange Crush, JASEX, SHAREM, MULTI-SAIL, and ANNUALEX.

The deployment began with a short port call to Otaru, Japan, a suburb of Sapporo on the Japanese island of Hokkaido.

While defending the carrier from simulated submarine attacks, HS-14 also had a dedicated Combat Search and Rescue detachment working out of Guam.

In 2007, HS-14 sent a four helicopter detachment to Kadena Air Base on the island of Okinawa, Japan to practice weapons employment and terrain flying.

HS-14 was also able to practice fast roping, rappelling, and High Altitude Low Opening and static-line paradrops with the 1st of the 1st Airborne Rangers, U.S. Army.

During a port call in Muroran, Northern Japan, in October, HS-14 detached two HH-60Hs and four aircrews to Misawa Air Base for FLIR/Hellfire training.

Following the exercise, Carrier Strike Group Five made international headlines when it was denied entrance to the port of Hong Kong for the Thanksgiving holiday.

HS-14's main body embarked aboard Kitty Hawk for sea trials in March, followed by workups in April, including a port call at Hong Kong.

At the end of the port call, HS-14 Detachment A "Misfits" debarked Kitty Hawk and embarked aboard the guided missile frigate USS Rodney M. Davis as its air department for exercise RIMPAC 2008.

After Kitty Hawk tied up at NAS North Island, CVW-5 immediately began crossdeck operations required to establish itself aboard George Washington.

HS-14 flew aboard that afternoon, and following a Blue Water Certification and workups over the next couple weeks, the aircraft carrier began its trek west.

HS-14's main body continued to provide ASW and SAR service to George Washington as the Strike Group visited Pusan, South Korea, and Guam.

Both ships joined the George Washington Strike Group for ANNUALEX 20G, an exercise involving US and Japanese surface, subsurface, and air units.

As the Summer Deployment wound down, HS-14 celebrated both their 25th birthday on 10 July marking 25 years of service and 50,000 hours Class "A" mishap free.

HS-14 and HSL-51 conducted humanitarian flights over Japan since 11 March 2011 as part of Operation Tomodachi from Naval Air Facility Misawa.

[1] In March 2013, HS-14 left Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) at NAF Atsugi, Japan, and conducted a permanent duty station change to NAS North Island.