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class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">550th Special Operations Squadron emblem <small>(approved 25 November 1987)</small><sup id="cite_ref-550SOSfacts_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-550SOSfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:550_Special_Operations_Sq.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/550_Special_Operations_Sq.jpg/165px-550_Special_Operations_Sq.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/550_Special_Operations_Sq.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="188" data-file-height="207" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">1550th Flying Training Squadron emblem <small>(approved 22 May 1984)</small><sup id="cite_ref-550SOSfacts_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-550SOSfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1550_Flying_Training_Sq_emblem.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/1550_Flying_Training_Sq_emblem.png/165px-1550_Flying_Training_Sq_emblem.png" decoding="async" width="165" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/1550_Flying_Training_Sq_emblem.png/248px-1550_Flying_Training_Sq_emblem.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/1550_Flying_Training_Sq_emblem.png/330px-1550_Flying_Training_Sq_emblem.png 2x" data-file-width="447" data-file-height="474" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>550th Special Operations Squadron</b> (nicknamed "Wolfpack")<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a <a href="/wiki/Special_operations" title="Special operations">special operations</a> flying training squadron of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>. </p><p>It was activated in 1971 as the 1550th Flying Training Squadron, responsible for helicopter flying training. It relocated from <a href="/wiki/Hill_Air_Force_Base" title="Hill Air Force Base">Hill Air Force Base</a> to <a href="/wiki/Kirtland_Air_Force_Base" title="Kirtland Air Force Base">Kirtland Air Force Base</a> in 1976 and in 1987 converted to special operations training and was reequipped with fixed-wing aircraft. The squadron was redesignated as the 550th Flying Training Squadron in 1991 and as the 550th Special Operations Squadron in 1994, when it became part of the <a href="/wiki/58th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="58th Special Operations Wing">58th Special Operations Wing</a> at <a href="/wiki/Kirtland_Air_Force_Base" title="Kirtland Air Force Base">Kirtland Air Force Base</a>, New Mexico. It operated <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_HC-130" title="Lockheed HC-130">Lockheed HC-130s</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_MC-130" title="Lockheed MC-130">Lockheed MC-130s</a> and was inactivated in 2016. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=550th_Special_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The squadron was activated on 1 April 1971 as the 1550th Flying Training Squadron (FTS) at <a href="/wiki/Hill_Air_Force_Base" title="Hill Air Force Base">Hill Air Force Base</a> with the <a href="/wiki/1550th_Aircrew_Training_and_Test_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="1550th Aircrew Training and Test Wing">1550th Aircrew Training and Test Wing</a> (later redesignated the 1550th Combat Crew Training Wing). It developed, conducted, and monitored helicopter flying training and was equipped with the Bell <a href="/wiki/UH-1_Huey" class="mw-redirect" title="UH-1 Huey">UH-1 Huey</a> and its training variant, the TH-1. The 1550th received <a href="/wiki/Kaman_HH-43_Huskie" title="Kaman HH-43 Huskie">Kaman HH-43 Huskie</a> rescue helicopters in 1973, although it ended operations with the HH-43 in 1975. In late 1975, the 1550th included nine <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_MH-53" title="Sikorsky MH-53">Sikorsky HH-53</a>B/C "Super Jolly Green Giant" helicopters and one <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_CH-53_Sea_Stallion" title="Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion">Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion</a> for training.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWhitcomb201294_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhitcomb201294-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 15 March 1976, the squadron was relocated to <a href="/wiki/Kirtland_Air_Force_Base" title="Kirtland Air Force Base">Kirtland Air Force Base</a>, where it added responsibility for search and rescue missions.<sup id="cite_ref-550SOSfacts_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-550SOSfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1987, the 1550th FTS switched to providing special operations and combat rescue aircrew training, being reequipped with the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_HC-130" title="Lockheed HC-130">Lockheed HC-130</a> search and rescue aircraft, which it operated until 1996. On 1 October 1991, it was redesignated as the 550th FTS and became part of the 542nd Operations Group when the 1550th Wing became the 542nd Crew Training Wing. In June 1992, the squadron received its first <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_MC-130" title="Lockheed MC-130">Lockheed MC-130H</a> Combat Talon II aircraft, specially equipped for supporting special operations.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 550th transferred to the <a href="/wiki/58th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="58th Special Operations Wing">58th Special Operations Wing</a>'s <a href="/wiki/58th_Operations_Group" title="58th Operations Group">58th Operations Group</a> on 1 April 1994, and was concurrently renamed the 550th Special Operations Squadron (SOS).<sup id="cite_ref-550SOSfacts_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-550SOSfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aetc.af.mil_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aetc.af.mil-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWhitcomb2012378_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhitcomb2012378-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The squadron participated in the quarterly Chile Flag exercise in addition to training pilots and aircrew. From 11 to 24 July, it conducted night low level and airdrop recovery training with <a href="/wiki/Navy_SEALS" class="mw-redirect" title="Navy SEALS">Navy SEALs</a> from <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_North_Island" title="Naval Air Station North Island">Naval Air Station North Island</a> in exercise Chile Flag 94-04.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThigpen2001406_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThigpen2001406-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 13 and 17 March 1995, one of the squadron's Combat Talon IIs participated in experimental airdrops at <a href="/wiki/Yuma_Proving_Ground" title="Yuma Proving Ground">Yuma Proving Ground</a> testing two experimental air-drop systems for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Army" title="United States Department of the Army">Department of the Army</a>'s Early Entry and Lethality Battle Laboratories and the <a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Warfare_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Mobility Warfare Center">Air Force Air Mobility Warfare Center</a>. The test set world records for the heaviest payload suspended by a <a href="/wiki/Parafoil" title="Parafoil">parafoil</a> (27,000 pounds) and for the largest parafoil dropped (7,200 square feet).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThigpen2001413_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThigpen2001413-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the summer and fall, 550th SOS Combat Talon II instructors flew with the <a href="/wiki/7th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="7th Special Operations Squadron">7th Special Operations Squadron</a> to gain European theatre experience for training new aircrew.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThigpen2001412_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThigpen2001412-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 23 July to 2 August 1996, the squadron participated in Chile Flag 96-05 with <a href="/wiki/SEAL_Team_Five" class="mw-redirect" title="SEAL Team Five">SEAL Team Five</a> from North Island. It also participated in Chile Flag 97-01 in September and 97-02 in October.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThigpen2001426_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThigpen2001426-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March and April 1997, Combat Talon IIs from the squadron participated in bilateral joint exercises with Air Force Special Operations Command.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThigpen2001433_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThigpen2001433-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squadron also participated in AFSOC bilateral exercises in September, October, and December.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThigpen2001434_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThigpen2001434-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through 1998 the 550th continued participating in Chile Flag and bilateral AFSOC exercises.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThigpen2001447–448_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThigpen2001447–448-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1999, the squadron won the AETC Maintenance Effectiveness Award for the best medium-aircraft category squadron in the command.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThigpen2001455_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThigpen2001455-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 550th SOS graduated an average of 200 students a year for special operations and combat search and rescue. The squadron gave up its last MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft in September 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2016, its last MC-130H Hercules Combat Talon II special operations support aircraft were transferred to the <a href="/wiki/19th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="19th Special Operations Squadron">19th Special Operations Squadron</a>, which took over the MC-130H training mission.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was inactivated on 29 September after its HC-130P/N Combat Kings were retired from the active Air Force and transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Air Force Reserve</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lineage">Lineage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=550th_Special_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Designated as the <b>1550th Flying Training Squadron</b> and activated on 1 April 1971</li></ul> <dl><dd>Redesignated <b>550th Flying Training Squadron</b> on 1 October 1991</dd> <dd>Redesignated <b>550th Special Operations Squadron</b> on 1 April 1994<sup id="cite_ref-550SOSfacts_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-550SOSfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd>Inactivated on 29 September 2016<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assignments">Assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=550th_Special_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1550th_Aircrew_Training_and_Test_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="1550th Aircrew Training and Test Wing">1550th Aircrew Training and Test Wing</a> (later 1550th Combat Crew Training Wing), 1 April 1971</li> <li>542d Operations Group, 1 October 1991</li> <li><a href="/wiki/58th_Operations_Group" title="58th Operations Group">58th Operations Group</a>, 1 April 1994<sup id="cite_ref-550SOSfacts_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-550SOSfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – 29 September 2016<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stations">Stations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=550th_Special_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hill_Air_Force_Base" title="Hill Air Force Base">Hill Air Force Base</a>, Utah, 1 April 1971</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirtland_Air_Force_Base" title="Kirtland Air Force Base">Kirtland Air Force Base</a>, New Mexico, 15 March 1976<sup id="cite_ref-550SOSfacts_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-550SOSfacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – 29 September 2016<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aircraft">Aircraft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=550th_Special_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Aircraft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li>Sikorsky HH-3E Jolly Green Giant (1971– )</li> <li>Sikorsky HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant (1971–)</li> <li>Bell UH-1N Twin Huey (1972–)</li> <li>Bell TH-1 Huey (1971–1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_UH-1_Huey" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell UH-1 Huey">Bell UH-1 Huey</a> (1971–1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaman_HH-43_Huskie" title="Kaman HH-43 Huskie">Kaman HH-43 Huskie</a> (1973–1975)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lockheed_HC-130P_King&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lockheed HC-130P King (page does not exist)">Lockheed HC-130P King</a> (1987–2016)</li> <li>Lockheed HC-130N King (1987–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_MC-130H_Combat_Talon_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Lockheed MC-130H Combat Talon II">Lockheed MC-130H Combat Talon II</a> (1994–2016)</li> <li>Lockheed MC-130P Combat Shadow (1996–2013)<sup id="cite_ref-aetc.af.mil_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aetc.af.mil-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=550th_Special_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=550th_Special_Operations_Squadron&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-550SOSfacts-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-550SOSfacts_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-550SOSfacts_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-550SOSfacts_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-550SOSfacts_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-550SOSfacts_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-550SOSfacts_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-550SOSfacts_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-550SOSfacts_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em 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