1950 in aviation

Events
Arrow Air is founded

March
March 20 - Royal Air Force Avro Lincoln bombers are sent to Singapore to be used against the Communist guerillas of Malaya in the Malayan Emergency.

April
April 8 - Soviet Lavochkin La-11 shoots down an American PB4Y Privateer over the Baltic Sea with all 10 crew lost.

June
June 1 - BEA commences the first regular passenger service to be flown by helicopter, between Liverpool and Cardiff.

June 25 - Korean War breaks out

June 25 - the USAF begins evacuating US citizens from South Korea

June 27 - A USAF F-82 Twin Mustang shoots down a North Korean Air Force Yak-9, the first air-to-air kill of the Korean War.

June 27 - USAF B-29 Superfortresses of the 19th Bombardment Group attack Seoul railway station and the bridge over the Han River in the first strategic bombing mission of the war.

June 28 - USAF B-26 Invaders fly the first strike mission into North Korea.

June 30 - P-51 Mustangs of No. 77 Squadron RAAF are sent to Korea as part of Australia's contribution to the war.

July
July 3 - F9F Panthers of VF-51 flying from USS Valley Forge become the first US jet fighters to go into combat. A North Korean Yak-9 is shot down.

July 3 - Supermarine Seafires of 800 Naval Air Squadron and Fairey Fireflys of No, 827 Sqn from HMS Triumph fly the first non-US sortie over Korea.

July 23 - aircraft carrier USS Boxer crosses the Pacific Ocean in record time, from Alameda, California to Yokosuka in 8 days 16 hours.

July 25 - MEA--Middle East Airlines "Dakota" aircraft was on its way from Jerusalem to Beirut when an Israeli military aircraft opened fire at the Lebanese-Israeli border. The radio operator "Antoine Wazir" was hit by a deadly bullet while sitting in his chair near the pilot.

July 29 - a BEA Vickers Viscount makes the first turboprop-powered passenger flight on the route London(-Northolt)--Paris(-Le Bourget).

August
August 3 - United States Marine Corps air operations over Korea commence, with VMF-214 flying strike missions from USS Sicily

August 27 - P-51 Mustangs of No. 2 Squadron SAAF are sent to Korea as part of South Africa's contribution to the war.

September
September 4 - Cpt Robert Wayne becomes the first pilot to be rescued from behind enemy lines by a helicopter.

September 15 - Task Force 7, centred on five US Navy carriers and one of the Royal Navy, supports the USMC assault on Green Beach, paving the way for the Inchon landing.

September 22 - Col David Schilling makes the first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in a jet fighter, a F-84 Thunderjet.

October
Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15s from the 29th Fighter Aviation Regiment are supplied to support the North Korean Air Force. They are flown by Soviet and Chinese pilots.

October 1 - the Royal Danish Air Force is re-established

October 20 - US paratroops cut off supplies from Pyongyang (North Korea)

November
November 7 - BOAC retires its last flying boat airliner from service.

November 8 - 1Lt Russell Brown shoots down a MiG-15 from his F-80 Shooting Star, the first victory by a jet over another jet.

December
December 6 - C-47 Dakotas of 13 Flight Royal Hellenic Air Force evacuate US casualties from the Chonjin Reservoir.

December 9 - RAAF Gloster Meteors replace the P-51s of 77 Sqn. in Korea

December 17 - the F-86 Sabre begins operations in Korea

First flights

January
January 13 - Mikoyan-Gurevich I-330, prototype of the MiG-17
January 19 - Avro Canada CF-100 RCAF 18101
January 24 - North American YF-93

March
March 26 - XA2D Skyshark

April
April 4 - Jodel D11 F-BBBF
April 30 - SNCASE Grognard

May
May 5 - Scottish Aviation Prestwick Pioneer prototype G-AKBF
May 10 - de Havilland Heron G-ALZL

June
June 16 - FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II
June 19 - Hawker P.1081 VX279

October
October 10 - Boulton Paul P.111 VT935

Entered service

July
July 29 - Vickers Viscount with BEA

August
August 6 - Handley Page Hermes with BOAC