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50th Air Refueling Squadron
Boeing KC-135 of the 6th Air Refueling Wing
Active
1942–1946; 1949–2016; 2017–present
Country
United States
Branch
United States Air Force
Role
Air Refueling
Part of
Air Mobility Command
Garrison/HQ
MacDill Air Force Base
Nickname(s)
Red Devils[1]
Motto(s)
Dans Illis Infernum Latin Giving 'em Hell[citation needed] Transportatem Certe in Caelo Latin: Sure Transportation in the Sky (1994-2016)[2]
Colors
Red[citation needed]
Engagements
European Theater of Operations Mediterranean Theater of Operations Korean War Vietnam War
Operation Just Cause Iraq War [3]
Decorations
Distinguished Unit Citation Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Combat "V" Device Air force Outstanding Unit Award Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm[3]
Commanders
Current commander
Lt. Col. Christopher L. Knaute [4]
Insignia
50th Air Refueling Squadron emblem
50th Airlift Squadron emblem(approved 12 December 1994)[3]
50th Troop Carrier Squadron emblem[note 1][5]
50th Troop Carrier Squadron emblem[note 2][2]
Military unit
The 50th Air Refueling Squadron is a unit of the US Air Force, assigned to the 6th Operations Group, 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. It operates the Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft conducting air refueling missions.
It is a former USAF C-130H squadron that was inactivated in April 2016. It was previously one of four operational flying Air Mobility Command squadrons stationed at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas under the 19th Airlift Wing. The Fightin' 5-0 along with sister squadrons, the 41st, 53d and 61st Airlift Squadrons, was assigned to the 19th Operations Group.
Now the 50th Air Refueling Squadron is assigned to MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. They operate the KC-135R/T for the 6th Operations Group with the 91st Air Refueling Squadron and the 99th Air Refueling Squadron at Birmingham, for the Alabama Air National Guard.
^Perdue, A1C Ashley (2 October 2017). "Bringing 50 Back". 6th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs. Retrieved 26 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ abEndicott, pp. 577-579
^ abcHaulman, Daniel L (15 December 2017). "Factsheet 50 Airlift Squadron (AMC)". Air Force Historical Research Agency. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^"50th ARS "Red Devils" welcome new commander". Retrieved 29 March 2020.
^Maurer, Combat Squadrons,pp. 216-217
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