Ninth Air Force
- This article deals with the unit established in 2009. For the previous unit, see United States Air Forces Central.
| Ninth Air Force (ACC) | |
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 Ninth Air Force emblem |
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| Active | 1942 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Branch | United States Air Force (1947–present) United States Army Air Forces (1942–1945, 1946–1947) |
| Part of | Air Combat Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Shaw Air Force Base |
The Ninth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command (ACC). It is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.
Ninth Air Force shared its commander with United States Air Forces Central (USAFCENT) until August 2009.[1] It is planned that they will return to a shared commander after the United States completes its current wars. This article deals with the current organization, as the lineage of the previous organization currently belongs to USAFCENT.
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[edit] History
[edit] Lineage
- Established as Ninth Air Force on 4 Aug 2009
- Activated on 5 Aug 2009[2]
[edit] Assignments
- Air Combat Command, 5 Aug 2009 – present
[edit] Stations
- Shaw AFB, South Carolina, 5 Aug 2009 – present
[edit] Major components
The command is responsible for six active duty flying wings and one active associate National Guard wing. These seven wings are
- 1st Fighter Wing, Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Virginia
- 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina
- 20th Fighter Wing, Shaw AFB, South Carolina
- 23d Wing, Moody AFB, Georgia
- 33d Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB, Florida
- 116th Air Control Wing, Robins AFB, Georgia
- 461st Air Control Wing, Robins AFB, Georgia
Supervised non-flying units include:
- 5th Combat Communications Group, Robins AFB, Georgia
- 18th Air Support Operations Group, Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina, and Hurlburt Field, Florida.
Ninth Air Force is also responsible for overseeing the operational readiness of 30 designated units of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve.
[edit] References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
[edit] Notes
- ^ New leaders take command of redesignated AFCENT, 9th Air Force, 8/6/2009, Air Force News Service
- ^ Air Force Historical Research Agency, Ninth Air Force (ACC), accessed August 2011
