On 3 July 2005, "Kitty Hawk" pulled in at Sydney, Australia, for shore leave. Later, during the same cruise, "Kitty Hawk" made a port call in Guam for four days. In November 2005, "Kitty Hawk" anchored at Hong Kong, and was there for Thanksgiving. In June 2005, after a six-month ship's restricted availability (SRA) period, the "Kitty Hawk" once again got underway, and was overflown by a Russian Il-38. In August 2006, the carrier pulled into Fremantle, Australia for shore leave. In September 2006, "Kitty Hawk" made the final port call of her Summer deployment at Pattaya, Thailand, after which she returned to her home port of Yokosuka.