Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan harin da Japan ta kaiwa Pearl Harbor a ranar 7 ga Disamba, 1941, an sake sanya 50th a matsayin 431st Bombardment Squadron. A watan Yunin 1942, jim kadan bayan yakin Midway, Rundunar Sojoji ta 11 ta ba da izini a matsayin rundunar motsa jiki ta Sojojin Sojan Sama don amsawa ga bukatar Sojojin Ruwa ta Admiral Nimitz don tallafawa jiragen sama masu bincike na dogon lokaci don gano jiragen ruwa na Japan da kuma wuta don tsayayya da kare hare-haren jirgin saman Japan yayin bin diddigin jirgin. A matsayin ƙungiya mai motsi, Ƙungiyar ta 11 ta karbi izini don barin Hickam Field don tallafawa ayyukan Navy a yankin Kudancin Pacific a lokacin Guadalcanal da
Yaƙin Arewacin Solomon Islands.