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Airmen showcase COVID-19 Community Vaccination Center mission during Acting SecAF visit

Mr. John P. Roth, Acting Secretary of the Air Force, listens to a briefing from U.S. Air Force Maj. Leon Mapp, assigned to the 45th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, at the Community Vaccination Center in Tampa, Florida, April 16, 2021. Roth visited the CVC to show support for all the personnel running and supporting the vaccination response. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing continued, flexible Department of Defense support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as part of the whole-of-government response to COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christian Sullivan/Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs)
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Airmen showcase COVID-19 Community Vaccination Center mission during Acting SecAF visit

Mr. John P. Roth, Acting Secretary of the Air Force, learns about the Tampa Community Vaccination Center process from Airmen supporting the CVC in Tampa, Florida, April 16, 2021. Roth visited the CVC to show support for all the personnel running and supporting the vaccination response. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing continued, flexible Department of Defense support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as part of the whole-of-government response to COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christian Sullivan/Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs)
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200817-F-MJ568-0007

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Chad P. Franks, left, 15th Air Force commander, relinquishes command of Ninth Air Force (IX), after Chief Master Sgt. Benjamin W. Hedden, 15th AF command chief, furls the Ninth AF flag, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Aug. 17, 2020. Ninth Air Force (IX) was inactivated and 15th AF was reactivated during a virtual ceremony at Shaw Aug. 20, 2020. Franks assumed command of Ninth AF in 2019, continuing the path toward it becoming a Joint Task Force-capable headquarters. The 15th Air Force’s mission is to train Airmen to deliver combat airpower worldwide and provide a light, lean, and agile Air Force, joint, or combined joint task force headquarters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Amanda Dick)
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200817-F-MJ568-0006

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Chad P. Franks, left, 15th Air Force commander, stands at attention as Chief Master Sgt. Benjamin W. Hedden, 15th AF command chief, furls the Ninth Air Force (IX) flag, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Aug. 17, 2020. Ninth Air Force (IX) was inactivated and 15th AF was reactivated during a virtual ceremony at Shaw Aug. 20, 2020. Ninth Air Force (IX) was activated in 2009 when it was officially split from U.S. Air Forces Central Command as a brand new numbered Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Amanda Dick)
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200817-F-MJ568-0005

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Chad P. Franks, left, 15th Air Force commander, stands at attention as Chief Master Sgt. Benjamin W. Hedden, 15th AF command chief, unfurls the 15th AF flag, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Aug. 17, 2020. Ninth Air Force (IX) was inactivated and 15th AF was reactivated during a virtual ceremony at Shaw Aug. 20, 2020. Fifteenth Air Force was established in the Mediterranean Theater in 1943 as a strategic Air Force during World War II, transferred to Air Mobility Command in 1992 and was previously inactivated in 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Amanda Dick)
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200817-F-MJ568-0004

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Chad P. Franks, left, 15th Air Force commander, stands at attention as Chief Master Sgt. Benjamin W. Hedden, 15th AF command chief, unfurls the 15th AF flag, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Aug. 17, 2020. Ninth Air Force (IX) was inactivated and 15th AF was reactivated during a virtual ceremony at Shaw Aug. 20, 2020. Fifteenth Air Force commands 13 wings and three direct reporting units that includes more than 45,000 military and civilian Airmen and around 600 aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Amanda Dick)
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200817-F-MJ568-0003

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Chad P. Franks, left, 15th Air Force commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Benjamin W. Hedden, 15th AF command chief, stand at attention after unfurling the 15th AF flag, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Aug. 17, 2020. Ninth Air Force (IX) was inactivated and 15th AF was reactivated during a virtual ceremony at Shaw Aug. 20, 2020. The 15th Air Force’s mission is to train Airmen to deliver combat airpower worldwide and provide a light, lean, and agile Air Force, joint, or combined joint task force headquarters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Amanda Dick)
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200817-F-MJ568-0001

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Chad P. Franks, left, 15th Air Force commander, stands at attention after Chief Master Sgt. Benjamin W. Hedden, 15th AF command chief, unfurls the 15th AF flag, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Aug. 17, 2020. Ninth Air Force (IX) was inactivated and 15th AF was reactivated during a virtual ceremony at Shaw Aug. 20, 2020. Fifteenth AF commands 13 wings and three direct reporting units that includes more than 45,000 military and civilian Airmen and around 600 aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Amanda Dick)
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200623-F-VD276-0072

U.S. Air Force Col. Mark Massaro, 495th Fighter Group commander, speaks during the 495th Fighter Group (FG) Assumption of Command ceremony, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., June 23, 2020. As commander for the 495th FG, Massaro leads about 800 regular Air Force members co-located in seven geographically separated squadrons, plus an additional 16 operating locations integrated with Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command squadrons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Megan Floyd)
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200623-F-VD276-0031

U.S. Air Force Col. Mark Massaro, right, 495th Fighter Group commander, salutes Maj. Gen. Chad Franks, Ninth Air Force commander, during the 495th Fighter Group (FG) Assumption of Command ceremony, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., June 23, 2020. As commander for the 495th FG, Massaro leads about 800 regular Air Force members co-located in seven geographically separated squadrons, plus an additional 16 operating locations integrated with Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command squadrons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Megan Floyd)
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200623-F-VD276-0066

U.S. Air Force Col. Mark Massaro, right, 495th Fighter Group commander, assumes command as the fifth commander of the 495th FG from Maj. Gen. Chad Franks, Ninth Air Force commander, during an Assumption of Command ceremony, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., June 23, 2020. As commander for the 495th FG, Massaro leads about 800 regular Air Force members co-located in seven geographically separated squadrons, plus an additional 16 operating locations integrated with Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command squadrons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Megan Floyd)
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200623-F-VD276-0037

U.S. Air Force Col. Mark Massaro, right, 495th Fighter Group commander, salutes Maj. Gen. Chad Franks, Ninth Air Force commander, during the 495th Fighter Group (FG) Assumption of Command ceremony, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., June 23, 2020. As commander for the 495th FG, Massaro leads about 800 regular Air Force members co-located in seven geographically separated squadrons, plus an additional 16 operating locations integrated with Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command squadrons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Megan Floyd)
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200623-F-VD276-0042

U.S. Air Force Capt. John Skelton II, 20th Fighter Wing chaplain, holds the invocation during the 495th Fighter Group (FG) Assumption of Command ceremony, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., June 23, 2020. The 495th FG is one of two direct reporting units under Ninth AF. The group was reactivated March 8, 2013, at Shaw AFB as a conduit between active-duty Airmen and their guard and reserve counterparts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Megan Floyd)
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200623-F-VD276-0045

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Chad Franks, Ninth Air Force commander, speaks during the 495th Fighter Group (FG) Assumption of Command ceremony, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., June 23, 2020. . The 495th FG is one of two direct reporting units under Ninth AF. The group was reactivated March 8, 2013, at Shaw AFB as a conduit between active-duty Airmen and their guard and reserve counterparts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Megan Floyd)
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200623-F-VD276-0031

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Zachary Thompson, a 316th Fighter Squadron maintainer, narrates during the 495th Fighter Group (FG) Assumption of Command ceremony, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., June 23, 2020. The 316th FS out of McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., is one of seven geographically separated squadrons under the 495th FG. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Megan Floyd)
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200623-F-VD276-0035

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Chad Franks, front, Ninth Air Force commander, and Col. Mark Massaro, 495th Fighter Group commander, enter during the 495th Fighter Group (FG) Assumption of Command ceremony, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., June 23, 2020. The 495th FG is one of two direct reporting units under Ninth AF. The group was reactivated March 8, 2013, at Shaw AFB as a conduit between active-duty Airmen and their guard and reserve counterparts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Megan Floyd)
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Combat comm integrates with Ninth AF during STAFFEX 18-6

U.S. Airmen with the 5th Combat Communications Group (CCG) from Robins Air Force Base, Ga., secure a pallet following the conclusion of Staff Exercise (STAFFEX 18-6), Sept. 28, 2018, Shaw AFB, S.C. The pallet comprised of various pieces of network equipment that provided communication support to the forward Ninth Air Force joint task force headquarters during the exercise. To bring all of the equipment needed for the STAFFEX, the 5th CCG drove two truckloads with nine pallets from Robins. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Amanda Dick)
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Combat comm integrates with Ninth AF during STAFFEX 18-6

U.S. Air Force Capt. Adam Byne, left, 51st Combat Communications Squadron (CBCS) network operations flight commander and site commander for the staff exercise, and 2nd Lt. Michael Hollis, 51st CBCS network operations flight officer in charge, disassemble the forward joint task force headquarters tents after Staff Exercise (STAFFEX) 18-6 concludes, Sept. 28, 2018, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. The tents were part of a flexible communication package the 5th Combat Communications Group, out of Robins AFB, Ga., provided for the exercise and included four tents for the main area, as well as a communication tent and supporting equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Amanda Dick)
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Combat comm integrates with Ninth AF during STAFFEX 18-6

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgts. Kyle Mangold, back, and Joshua Tanner, 51st Combat Communications Squadron (CBCS) radio frequency transmissions systems techs, pack up a large aperture antenna following the conclusion of Staff Exercise 18-6, Sept. 28, 2018, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. As part of the flexible communication package (FCP), the antenna provided internet services to the Ninth Air Force’s forward joint task force (JTF) headquarters for the duration of the exercise. The FCP supported not only network capabilities but voice and data as well, providing a “deployed” location for the forward JTF headquarters staff. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Amanda Dick)
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Combat comm integrates with Ninth AF during STAFFEX 18-6

U.S. Airmen with the 5th Combat Communications Group (CCG) from Robins Air Force Base, Ga., tear down the flexible communication package provided for the Ninth Air Force’s Staff Exercise (STAFFEX) 18-6 at the forward joint task force (JTF) headquarters, Sept. 28, 2018, Shaw AFB, S.C. The 5th CCG comprises of three squadrons: the 51st Combat Communications Squadron (CBCS), the 52nd CBCS and the 5th Combat Communications Supply Squadron that includes the Air Force Engineering and Technical Services (AFETS). In total, 23 Airmen, including two civilians from AFETS, participated in the STAFFEX by providing the communication platforms and support necessary for communication operations in a “deployed” location. Going forward, the 5th CBCG will be in an integral part of Ninth AF for not only future staff exercises, but also when Ninth AF is certified as a JTF-capable headquarters and is tasked to perform its joint mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Amanda Dick)
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