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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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Ninth Air Force command chief

Chief Master Sgt. Benjamin W. Hedden, Ninth Air Force command chief
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