USCENTAF

Ninth Air Force
F-22A Raptor of the 1st Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, Virginia
Active	2009 – present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Air Force
Type	Numbered Air Force
Role	Provide combat-ready air forces to Air Combat Command
Part of	Air Combat Command
Garrison/HQ	Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina
Commanders
Current commander	Maj Gen Scott Zobrist
Insignia
Emblem of the Ninth Air Force

The Ninth Air Force (9 AF) is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command (ACC). It has been headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, since activation on 5 August 2009. From 1990, units were deployed to the Middle East against Iraq, and from 2001 against threats emanating from Afghanistan. This prior Ninth Air Force is now known as United States Air Forces Central (USAFCENT).

Until August 2009, the Ninth Air Force shared its commander with USAFCENT. In a complicated transfer of lineage, the Second World War-and-after heritage of the Ninth Air Force was bestowed solely on United States Air Forces Central, and a new Ninth Air Force, was activated on the U.S. East Coast, where it is responsible for a variety of Air Combat Command units.

The command is responsible for the organizing, training, and equipping eight active duty wings and two direct reporting units. These eight wings are:

Supervised non-flying direct reporting units include:

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