It was last assigned to the 319th Fighter-Bomber Group at New Orleans Naval Air Station, Louisiana, where it was inactivated on 16 November 1957.

"[2][4] In late 1943 the squadron moved to Morris Field, North Carolina and its mission changed to replacement training of individual pilots and aircrews.

[2] However the Army Air Forces was finding standard military units, based on relatively inflexible tables of organization, were not well adapted to the training mission.

[5] In May 1944, the squadron was disbanded[1] and its personnel, equipment and functions transferred to the 333d AAF Base Unit (Replacement Training Unit, Light Bombardment)[6][7] The squadron was reconstituted and activated in the reserve under Air Defense Command (ADC) at Mitchel Field, New York in April 1947 and assigned to the 319th Bombardment Group.

[8] The 50th's stay at Mitchel ended when ConAC reorganized its reserve units under the wing base organization system in June 1949.

[1] The squadron moved on paper to Reading Municipal Airport, Pennsylvania, where it replaced elements of the 322d Bombardment Group.

[17] However, the Air Force directed ConAC to convert three reserve fighter bomber wings to the troop carrier mission by September 1957.