9th Air Army (9 VA) ( Ninth Air Force (9 AF) ) - a numbered operational formation ( association , air army ) of the United States Air Force , part of the Combat Aviation Command .
| 9th Air Army ( Ninth Air Force ) | |
|---|---|
 US 9th Army Emblem | |
| Years of existence | 2009 - p.t. |
| A country |  USA |
| Subordination |  U.S. Air Force |
| Included in |  Combat Aviation Command |
| Type of | operational formation |
| Includes | wings , air bases |
| Function | warfare |
| Dislocation | ( Shaw , South Carolina ) |
| Nickname | 9 AF |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Major General Mark Kelly [1] |
Content
- 1 History of organizational construction
- 2 Command
- 3 Base
- 4 As part of associations
- 5 Structure
- 6 notes
- 7 Literature
- 8 References
Organization Building History
Units that previously existed since 1942, the 9th Air Army entered the United States Air Forces Central Command, have been deployed since 1990 in the Middle East against Iraq, and since 2001 against threats emanating from Afghanistan.
The new military operational formation formed on August 5, 2009 on the East Coast of the United States received the name of the pre-existing 9th Air Army [2] .
Command
- Major General Mark Kelly [1]
Basing
Army Headquarters Located at Air Base ( Shaw , South Carolina )
As part of associations
| An association | Period |
|---|---|
| Combat Aviation Command ( Air Combat Command ) | 08/05/2009 - present |
Structure
The army includes:
- 1st fighter wing ( Langley - Justis , Virginia );
- 4th fighter wing ( Seymour Johnson ( Seymour Johnson , North Carolina ));
- 20th Fighter Wing ( Shaw , South Carolina );
- 23rd wing ( Moody , ( Moody , Georgia ));
- 93rd wing of airborne operations ( Moody , ( Moody , Georgia ));
- 325th fighter wing ( Tyndall , Florida );
- 461st air control wing ( Robins ( Robins Georgia ));
- 495th Fighter Group ( Shaw , South Carolina );
- 633th support wing ( Langley - Justis , Virginia );
- 819th detachment “Red Horses” ( Malmstrom , Montana );
- 823rd detachment "Red Horses" ( Hurlburt , Florida ).
The army also has the task of training 30 units of the National Guard Air Force and the Air Force Reserve Command .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 9th AF welcomes new commander . 9th Air Force Public Affairs (August 3, 2015). Date of treatment August 4, 2015. Archived November 23, 2015. on August 2015 3 years
- ↑ New leaders take command of redesignated AFCENT, 9th Air Force , 8/6/2009, Air Force News Service
Literature
- Richard H. Kohn, Joseph P. Harahan (Hrsg.): Condensed Analysis of the Ninth Air Force in the European Theater of Operations: An Analytical Study of the Operating Procedures and Functional Organization of Tactical Air Power as Developed by the Ninth Air Force in the War of Western Europe. (Neuauflage) Office of Air Force History, Washington DC 1984.
- Maurer Maurer: Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Office of Air Force History, Washington DC 1983.
- Grégory Pons: 9th Air Force: American Tactical Aviation in the ETO, 1942-1945. Histoire & Collections, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-2-35250-077-3 .
- Kenn C. Rust: The 9th Air Force in World War II. Aero Publishers, 1967.