50th Military Airlift Squadron

The 50th Military Airlift Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the 1502d Air Transport Wing, Military Air Transport Service, stationed at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii.

This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (December 2012)

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50th Military Airlift Squadron
Douglas C-124 Globemaster II on the flightline
Active	1942–1944; 1952–1969
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Role	Airlift
Part of	Military Airlift Command
Motto(s)	Transportatio Certe in Caelo Latin Sure Transportation in the Skies
Insignia
50th Air Transport Squadron emblem

It was inactivated on 8 January 1966.

History

Replaced the 1266th Air Transport Squadron, which had been established in 1949 as a medium transport squadron flying C-54 Skymasters, it transported supplies and personnel in the Pacific between Hawaii and the Philippines and bases in-between. It received long distance Boeing C-97 Stratofreighters and intercontinental Douglas C-124 Globemaster IIs in the 1950s and was part of the Military Air Transport Service worldwide network of transport units. It flew routes between India and the West Coast of the United States, Alaska and Japan.

It was reassigned to the 61st Military Airlift Wing in 1966 when its parent 1502d Air Transport Wing was inactivated.

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Lineage

Constituted as the 50th Ferrying Squadron (Special)

Activated c. 1 August 1942

Redesignated 50th Transition Training Squadron on 4 June 1943

Disbanded on 31 March 1944

Reconstituted on 20 June 1952 as the 50th Air Transport Squadron, Heavy

Activated on 20 July 1952

Redesignated 50th Military Airlift Squadron on 8 January 1966

Inactivated on 22 December 1969

Assignments

1st Operational Training Unit, c. 1 August 1942 – 31 March 1944
1500th Air Transport Group (later 1502d Air Transport Group), 20 July 1952
1502d Air Transport Wing, 1 May 1958
61st Military Airlift Wing 8 January 1966 – 22 December 1969 (not operational after 1 December 1969)^[1]

Stations

Rosecrans Field, Missouri, c. 1 August 1942 – 31 March 1944
Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, 20 July 1952 – 22 December 1969^[2]

Aircraft

C-54 Skymaster, 1949–1952
C-97 Stratofreighter, 1952–1955
C-124 Globemaster II, 1955–1966