To protect U.S. interests after the war and support Marines supervising the surrender of Japan, the squadron deployed to Peking, China.

In the spring of 1957, the squadron received the Marine Corps' first Douglas F4D-1 Skyrays were redesignated VMF(AW)-115 and deployed to MCAF Mojave for the next six months for testing.

From October 1962 to February 1963 the squadron was deployed to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in support of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

On 6 April 1972 the squadron flew into Da Nang Air Base to support operations against the North Vietnamese Easter Offensive.

[5] On 16 July 1972 the squadron moved its operations to Royal Thai Air Base Nam Phong, Thailand and began flying combat sorties the next day.

[6] The squadron continued to fly close air support sorties in addition to playing a key fighter role in Operation Linebacker missions over North Vietnam.

[7][8] In July 1977, VMFA-115 relocated to MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina, and in October 1980 joined Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17) aboard the USS Forrestal (CVA-59).

In July 1987, VMFA-115 returned to the Western Pacific to participate in the Unit Deployment Program (UDP) at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan.

The Silver Eagles flew training sorties at various locations in Japan and squadron Marines also spent a month at Osan Air Base in South Korea.

In September 2009, the squadron transferred to Marine Aircraft Group 12 as part of the Unit Deployment Program at MCAS Iwakuni with a full complement of twelve F/A-18A+ Hornets.

[11][12] They returned to the States on 1 March 2010 after a seven-month deployment where they supported operations in Okinawa, Thailand, Korea the Philippines and Brunei.

They once again transferred to Marine Aircraft Group 12, MCAS Iwakuni, Japan under the Unit Deployment Program from July through December, 2014.

From March to September 2020, VMFA-115 deployed to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan enduring severe operational restraints due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

In December 2021, the squadron was deployed on short notice to Prince Sultan Air Base Saudi Arabia to reinforce CENTCOM objectives.