 As a response to anti-American demonstrations in Iran, "Midway" and her air wing, including VA-115, were ordered to deploy to the Indian Ocean for the second time from October to December 1979, when an Iranian mob also seized the American Embassy and its staff.In May and June 1980 following the Gwangju Uprising in South Korea, the squadron operated from "Midway" off the coast of South Korea until the crisis subsided.USS "Midway" operated again off South Korea in December 1981 following political unrest.