Ninth AF leadership visits SJAFB; reaffirms commitment to people, mission, and community
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Chad Franks, back, Ninth Air Force commander, and Maj. Michael Trott, 333rd Fighter Squadron pilot, taxi before takeoff at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Sept. 24, 2019. The Ninth AF is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, S.C., is a Numbered Air Force under Air Combat Command and is currently the Air Force’s only Joint Task Force-capable headquarters. It is responsible for organizing, training and equipping Airmen to be a deployable, operational-level Joint Task ForceJTF and ensuring its subordinate commands are prepared to execute expeditionary taskings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kenneth Boyton)