In October–November 1973 while embarked on USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, the squadron operated in the vicinity of Crete in response to the Yom Kippur War.

In November 1980, the squadron, embarked on USS Independence were on station when the American hostages were released from Iran.

[2] In May 1981 USS Independence transited the Suez Canal and maintained station in the eastern Mediterranean due to the crisis between Israel and Syria following Israeli raids against Syrian surface-to-air missile sites in Lebanon.

On 28 December 1990, VFA-15 departed for a six-month deployment to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Desert Shield.

The squadron flew daily strikes into Iraq and occupied Kuwait until the suspension of hostilities on 28 February.

After crossing the Atlantic in record time aboard Theodore Roosevelt, squadron aircraft were launched in support of Operation Allied Force 30 August to 20 September 1999.

For the next thirteen weeks, VFA-15 flew over 1,100 combat sorties over Kosovo to bring an end to Serbian ethnic cleansing.

During their 2001 deployment, the squadron took station in the Persian Gulf, patrolling the skies of the southern Iraqi no-fly zone.

[3] Soon after returning through the Strait of Hormuz in early fall 2001 to begin the voyage home, the September 11 attacks unfolded.

[6][7] This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons.