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)

Ninth Air Force emblem
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.

Contents

History

Lineage

Activated on 5 Aug 2009[2]

Assignments

Stations

Major components

The command is responsible for six active duty flying wings and one active associate National Guard wing. These seven wings are

Supervised non-flying units include:

Ninth Air Force is also responsible for overseeing the operational readiness of 30 designated units of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve.

References

United States Air Force portal
Military of the United States portal

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

Notes

  1. ^ New leaders take command of redesignated AFCENT, 9th Air Force, 8/6/2009, Air Force News Service
  2. ^ Air Force Historical Research Agency, Ninth Air Force (ACC), accessed August 2011