HSM-50

Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 50 (HSM-50) "Valkyries" is a United States Navy helicopter squadron based at Adm David L. McDonald Field, Naval Station Mayport, Mayport, Florida, United States. The squadron will be under the control of Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing Atlantic.^[1]

The squadron performs a diverse set of multi-role missions:

Primary missions include:

Anti-submarine warfare (ASW)
Anti-surface warfare (ASU)

Secondary missions include:

Search and rescue (SAR)
Medical evacuation (MEDEVAC)
Vertical replenishment (VERTREP)
Special operations support (SPECOPS)
Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS)
Communications Relay (COMREL)
Logistics support

References

^ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. November 2021. p. 20.

See also

United States Navy

Leadership

Operating forces	Fleet Forces Command Commander Pacific Fleet Commander Naval Forces Europe and Africa Naval Forces Central Command Naval Forces Southern Command Naval Special Warfare Command Navy Reserve Operational Test and Evaluation Force Naval Network Warfare Command Military Sealift Command
Shore	Naval Sea Systems Command Naval Air Systems Command Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Naval Supply Systems Command Naval Information Warfare Systems Command Fleet Cyber Command Naval Academy Naval Education and Training Command Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command Office of Naval Intelligence Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Naval Legal Service Command Naval Observatory Naval Safety Command Bureau of Naval Personnel Chief of Naval Personnel Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Navy Installations Command Navy Working Capital Fund
Fleets	Second Fleet Third Fleet Fourth Fleet Fifth Fleet Sixth Fleet Seventh Fleet Tenth Fleet
Ships	A–B C D–F G–H I–K L M N–O P Q–R S T–V W–Z Aircraft carriers Airships Amphibious warfare ships Auxiliaries Battleships Cruisers Destroyers Destroyer escorts Escort carriers Frigates Mine warfare vessels Monitors Patrol vessels Registered civilian vessels Sailing frigates Steam frigates Steam gunboats Ships of the line Sloops of war Submarines Torpedo boats Torpedo retrievers Unclassified miscellaneous vessels Yard and district craft

Personnel
and
training

Officers	Insignia Designators
Enlisted	Rates Ratings Classification

Personnel

Explosive ordnance disposal

Medical Service Corps

Civil Engineer Corps

Boatswain's mates

Hospital corpsman

Operations specialist

Hispanic sailors

Training

Officer Candidate School

Naval University System (Naval War College, Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Academy, Naval Community College, Marine Corps University)

Naval Chaplaincy School

Naval Hospital Corps School

Naval Justice School

United States Armed Forces School of Music

Navy Senior Enlisted Academy

Navy Supply Corps School

Nuclear Power School

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

History and
traditions

Category

Active United States Navy Aircraft Squadrons

Category:Aircraft squadrons of the United States Navy

Electronic Attack (VAQ)

Carrier Airborne Early Warning (VAW)

Strike Fighter (VFA)

Fleet Air Reconnaissance (VQ)

1
3
4
7

Fleet Fighter Composite (VFC)

Fleet Logistics Support (VR)

1
46
48
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
61
62
64

Carrier Fleet Logistics Support (VRC)

30
40

Carrier Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission (VRM)

30
40
50

Patrol

VP	1 4 5 6 8 9 10 16 22 23 24 26 30 40 41 42 43 45 46 47 60 62 64 65 66 67 68 69 90 91
VPU	1 2

Unmanned (VUP)

19

Training (VT)

2
3
4
6
7
9
10
21
22
27
28
31
35
86

Helicopter Mine Countermeasures (HM)

14
15

Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC)

2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
12
14
15
21
22
23
25
26
28
84
85

Helicopter Maritime Strike (HSM)

35
37
40
41
46
48
49
50
51
60
70
71
72
73
74
75
77
78
79

Helicopter Training (HT)

8
18
28