Ninth Air Force

US Air Force numbered air force

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August 20 2020 The 9 AF designation was returned to USAFCENT with the deactivation of the 2009-established 9 AF, restoring its original organizational structure.
August 20 2020 9th Air Force designation returned to USAFCENT with the deactivation of the 2009-established 9th Air Force.
August 20 2020 Returned to Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, resuming its previous long-term base of operations.
August 20 2020 Returned to the Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) designation.
August 20 2020 9 AF designation returned to USAFCENT with the deactivation of the 2009-established 9 AF.
2019 378th Air Expeditionary Wing established at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia
May 2016 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing began operations at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia
2015 332nd Air Expeditionary Group at Ahmed al-Jabir AB in Kuwait expanded into the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing

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See Also

Air Combat Command

Major command of the US Air Force

United States Central Command

Unified combatant command of the U.S. Armed Forces responsible for the Middle East

Operation Overlord

Successful Allied liberation of Nazi-held western Europe in World War II