The Ninth Air Force is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. It is the Air Force Service Component of United States Central Command,
B-24 Liberator of the 376th Bomb Group taking off from a Libyan base, 1943
P-38 of the 370th Fighter Group on a wartime advanced landing strip
P-47D of the 406th Fighter Group on a wartime advanced landing strip
12th Army Group Ground-Air command team in April 1945 with Eisenhower, Spaatz, and Bedell Smith
A Numbered Air Force is a type of organization in the United States Air Force that is subordinate to a major command and has assigned to it operational units such as wings, squadrons, and groups. A Co
Ninth Air Force
…The Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. It is the Air Force Service Component of United States Central…
World War II Air Districts and Numbered Air Forces.
Eastern Air Defense Force patch