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style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">84th Fighter Wing</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:50th_Fighter_Group_P-47_Thunderbolt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/50th_Fighter_Group_P-47_Thunderbolt.jpg/300px-50th_Fighter_Group_P-47_Thunderbolt.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="211" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/50th_Fighter_Group_P-47_Thunderbolt.jpg/450px-50th_Fighter_Group_P-47_Thunderbolt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/50th_Fighter_Group_P-47_Thunderbolt.jpg/600px-50th_Fighter_Group_P-47_Thunderbolt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1285" data-file-height="903" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">50th Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolt landing at Toul/Ochey Airfield (A-96), southwest of Nancy, France in December 1944.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1943–1945</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data">Fighter Command and Control</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>84th Fighter Wing</b> is an inactive <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> unit. Its last assignment was with the <a href="/wiki/IX_Tactical_Air_Command" title="IX Tactical Air Command">IX Tactical Air Command</a>, based at <a href="/wiki/Braunschweig" title="Braunschweig">Brunswick</a>, Germany. It was inactivated on 12 August 1945. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=84th_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Established and organized at Blumenthal Field, North Carolina in 1943 as a command and control organization. Deployed to the <a href="/wiki/European_Theater_of_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="European Theater of Operations">European Theater of Operations</a> (ETO) in early 1944 and assigned to <a href="/wiki/IX_Fighter_Command" title="IX Fighter Command">IX Fighter Command</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth Air Force</a>. Initial Mission of the Wing was to receive operational orders from Headquarters, IX Fighter Command and direct subordinate groups in attacking enemy targets in <a href="/wiki/Occupied_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupied France">Occupied France</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Low_Countries" title="Low Countries">Low Countries</a> in preparation for the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_Invasion" class="mw-redirect" title="Normandy Invasion">Normandy Invasion</a> in June 1944. Targets included bridges, roads, railroads and enemy interceptor aircraft both on the ground as well as in air-to-air combat. </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/D-Day" class="mw-redirect" title="D-Day">D-Day</a> invasion, was reassigned to <a href="/wiki/IX_Tactical_Air_Command" title="IX Tactical Air Command">IX Tactical Air Command</a> (IX TAC) and directed to provide ground support for advancing <a href="/wiki/United_States_First_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="United States First Army">United States First Army</a> forces in France, attacking enemy targets initially in the <a href="/wiki/Cotentin_Peninsula" title="Cotentin Peninsula">Cotentin Peninsula</a>, then supported Operation Cobra, the breakout of Normandy and attacked enemy forces in the <a href="/wiki/Falaise-Argentan_Gap" class="mw-redirect" title="Falaise-Argentan Gap">Falaise-Argentan Gap</a>. Wing headquarters and subordinate units operated primarily from liberated airfields and newly built temporary <a href="/wiki/Advanced_Landing_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Advanced Landing Ground">Advanced Landing Grounds</a> in France, moved into north-central France, its groups attacking enemy targets near <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> then north-west into <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> and the southern <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>. In December 1944/January 1945, engaged enemy targets on the north side of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a>, then moved eastward into the Northern <a href="/wiki/Rhineland" title="Rhineland">Rhineland</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany" title="Western Allied invasion of Germany">Western Allied invasion of Germany</a>. </p><p>Supported First Army as it crossed the <a href="/wiki/Rhine_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhine River">Rhine River</a> at <a href="/wiki/Remagen" title="Remagen">Remagen</a> then moved north to attack ground targets in the <a href="/wiki/Ruhr" title="Ruhr">Ruhr</a>, providing air support as Allied ground forces encircled enemy forces in the <a href="/wiki/Ruhr_Pocket" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruhr Pocket">Ruhr Pocket</a>, essentially ending organized enemy resistance in Western Germany. First Army halted its advance at the <a href="/wiki/Elbe_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Elbe River">Elbe River</a> in late April 1945, the wing engaging targets of opportunity in enemy-controlled areas until combat was ended on 5 May 1945. </p><p>Remained in Europe after the war as part of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe">United States Air Forces in Europe</a>, performing occupation duty and the destruction or shipment to the United States of captured enemy combat equipment. Personnel demobilized and was inactivated in Germany in August 1945. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operations_and_decorations">Operations and decorations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=84th_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Operations and decorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Combat Operations: Combat in European Theater of Operations (ETO), 29 January 1944-May 1945.</li> <li>Campaigns: Air Offensive, Europe ;Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe</li> <li>Decorations: Cited in the Order of the Day, Belgian Army: 6 Jun-30 Sep 1944; 1 Oct 1944-; Dec 1944-Jan 1945. Belgian Fourragere.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lineage">Lineage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=84th_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Constituted as <b>84th Fighter Wing</b> on 4 November 1943</li></ul> <dl><dd>Activated on 10 November 1943</dd> <dd>Disbanded on 12 August 1945.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assignments">Assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=84th_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third Air Force</a>, 10 November 1943 – 29 January 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Fighter_Command" title="IX Fighter Command">IX Fighter Command</a>, 29 January – 30 April 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Tactical_Air_Command" title="IX Tactical Air Command">IX Tactical Air Command</a>, 30 April 1944 – 12 August 1945</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Components">Components</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=84th_Fighter_Wing_(World_War_II)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Components"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Attached to <a href="/wiki/IX_Tactical_Air_Command" title="IX Tactical Air Command">IX Tactical Air Command</a> entire time </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/50th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="50th Fighter Group">50th Fighter Group</a>: (P-47 Thunderbolt), 7 April-12 August 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/365th_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="365th Fighter Group">365th 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title="Cricqueville Airfield">Cricqueville Airfield</a> (A-2), France, 2 August 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ailli%C3%A8res-Beauvoir" title="Aillières-Beauvoir">Aillières-Beauvoir</a>, France, 30 August 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint-Quentin,_Aisne" title="Saint-Quentin, Aisne">Saint-Quentin</a>, France, 12 September 1944</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break" style="width: 50%;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vermand" title="Vermand">Vermand</a>, France, 17 September 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlon" title="Arlon">Arlon</a>, Belgium, 1 October 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maastricht_Aachen_Airport" title="Maastricht Aachen Airport">Maastricht Airfield</a> (Y-44), <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, 22 October 1944</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munchen-Gladbach_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Munchen-Gladbach Airfield">Munchen-Gladbach Airfield</a> (Y-56), Germany, 8 March 1945</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haltern" class="mw-redirect" title="Haltern">Haltern</a>, 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Air Force Combat Units of World War II. 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style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">Palestine (Mand)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lod_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Lod Air Force Base">Lydda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muqeible_Airfield" title="Muqeible Airfield">Muqueibile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramat_David_Airbase" title="Ramat David Airbase">Ramat David</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_St_Jean" title="RAF St Jean">St Jean</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Suweir_Air_Base" title="Abu Suweir Air Base">Abu Sueir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ismailia_Air_Base" title="Ismailia Air Base">Ismailia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_El_Amiriya" title="RAF El Amiriya">El Amiriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_El_Daba" title="RAF El Daba">Daba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deversoir_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Deversoir Air Base">Deversoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fayid" title="RAF Fayid">Fayid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kibrit_Air_Base" title="Kibrit Air Base">Kabrit</a></li> <li>* <a href="/wiki/Landing_Ground_174" title="Landing Ground 174">Landing Ground 174</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cairo_International_Airport" title="Cairo International Airport">Payne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidi_Haneish_Airfield" title="Sidi Haneish Airfield">Sidi Haneish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baheira_Airfield" title="Baheira Airfield">Baheira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belandah_Airfield" title="Belandah Airfield">Belandah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benina_International_Airport" title="Benina International Airport">Benina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Castel_Benito" title="RAF Castel Benito">Castel Benito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berca_Airfield" title="Berca Airfield">Berca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanur_Airport" title="Nanur Airport">Darragh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamal_Abdel_Nasser_Airbase" title="Gamal Abdel Nasser Airbase">El Adem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Assa_Airfield" title="El Assa Airfield">El Assa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Gambut" title="RAF Gambut">Gambut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ra%27s_Lanuf_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Ra's Lanuf Airport">Hamraiet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lete_Airfield" title="Lete Airfield">Lete</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martuba_Airbase" title="Martuba Airbase">Martuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habit_Awlad_Muhammad_Airport" title="Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport">Tmed El Chel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tobruk_Airport" title="Tobruk Airport">Tobruk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitiga_International_Airport" title="Mitiga International Airport">Tripoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidi_Azeiz_Airfield" title="Sidi Azeiz Airfield">Sidi Azeiz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Gardane_Airfield" title="Ben Gardane Airfield">Ben Gardane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bou_Grara_Airfield" title="Bou Grara Airfield">Bou Grara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chekira_Airfield" title="Chekira Airfield">Chekira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hani_Airfield" title="Hani Airfield">Hani</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hazbub_Airfield&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hazbub Airfield (page does not exist)">Hazbub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hergla_Airfield" title="Hergla Airfield">Hergla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Djem_Airfield" title="El Djem Airfield">El Djem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Haouaria_Airfield" title="El Haouaria Airfield">El Haouaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kairouan_Airfield" title="Kairouan Airfield">Kairouan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medenine_Airfield" title="Medenine Airfield">Medenine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Menzel_Heurr_Airfield" title="Menzel Heurr Airfield">Menzel Heurr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sfax%E2%80%93Thyna_International_Airport" title="Sfax–Thyna International Airport">Sfax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soltane_Airfield" title="Soltane Airfield">Soltane</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">United Kingdom</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Aldermaston" title="RAF Aldermaston">Aldermaston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Andover" title="RAF Andover">Andover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Andrews_Field" title="RAF Andrews Field">Andrews Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ashford" title="RAF Ashford">Ashford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Balderton" title="RAF Balderton">Balderton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Barkston_Heath" title="RAF Barkston Heath">Barkston Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Beaulieu" title="RAF Beaulieu">Beaulieu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Birch" title="RAF Birch">Birch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bisterne" title="RAF Bisterne">Bisterne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Boreham" title="RAF Boreham">Boreham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bottesford" title="RAF Bottesford">Bottesford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Boxted" title="RAF Boxted">Boxted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Charmy_Down" title="RAF Charmy Down">Charmy Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chalgrove_Airfield" title="Chalgrove Airfield">Chalgrove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Chilbolton" title="RAF Chilbolton">Chilbolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Chipping_Ongar" title="RAF Chipping Ongar">Chipping Ongar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Christchurch" title="RAF Christchurch">Christchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Cottesmore" title="RAF Cottesmore">Cottesmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earls_Colne_Airfield" title="Earls Colne Airfield">Earls Colne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exeter_Airport" title="Exeter Airport">Exeter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Folkingham" title="RAF Folkingham">Folkingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Fulbeck" title="RAF Fulbeck">Fulbeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Gosfield" title="RAF Gosfield">Gosfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Great_Dunmow" title="RAF Great Dunmow">Great Dunmow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Greenham_Common" title="RAF Greenham Common">Greenham Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Grove" title="RAF Grove">Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_High_Halden" title="RAF High Halden">High Halden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Headcorn" title="RAF Headcorn">Headcorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Holmsley_South" title="RAF Holmsley South">Holmsley South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Hurn" title="RAF Hurn">Hurn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ibsley" title="RAF Ibsley">Ibsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Kingsnorth_(World_War_II)" title="RAF Kingsnorth (World War II)">Kingsnorth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Langar" title="RAF Langar">Langar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Headcorn_Aerodrome" title="Headcorn Aerodrome">Lashenden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Little_Walden" title="RAF Little Walden">Little Walden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lymington" title="RAF Lymington">Lymington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Matching" title="RAF Matching">Matching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Membury" title="RAF Membury">Membury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Merryfield" title="RAF Merryfield">Merryfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AAC_Middle_Wallop" class="mw-redirect" title="AAC Middle Wallop">Middle Wallop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_North_Witham" title="RAF North Witham">North Witham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Ramsbury" title="RAF Ramsbury">Ramsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Raydon" title="RAF Raydon">Raydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Rivenhall" title="RAF Rivenhall">Rivenhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Saltby" title="RAF Saltby">Saltby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Scorton" title="RAF Scorton">Scorton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Staplehurst" title="RAF Staplehurst">Staplehurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Spanhoe" title="RAF Spanhoe">Spanhoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Stansted_Mountfitchet" title="RAF Stansted Mountfitchet">Stansted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Stoney_Cross" title="RAF Stoney Cross">Stoney Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Thruxton" title="RAF Thruxton">Thruxton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Upottery" title="RAF Upottery">Upottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Warmwell" title="RAF Warmwell">Warmwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Welford" title="RAF Welford">Welford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Weston_Zoyland" title="RAF Weston Zoyland">Weston Zoyland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MDP_Wethersfield" title="MDP Wethersfield">Wethersfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Winkton" title="RAF Winkton">Winkton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Woodchurch" title="RAF Woodchurch">Woodchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wormingford" title="RAF Wormingford">Wormingford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advanced_Landing_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Advanced Landing Ground">Advanced Landing Grounds</a> (ALGs) in France, Belgium, Netherlands, and Germany too numerous.</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ninth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_(World_War_II).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Ninth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.svg/70px-Ninth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Ninth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.svg/105px-Ninth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Ninth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.svg/140px-Ninth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_%28World_War_II%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="546" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Commands</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/19th_Air_Division" title="19th Air Division">9th Air Division (was IX Bomber Command)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Air_Defense_Command" title="IX Air Defense Command">IX Air Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Fighter_Command" title="IX Fighter Command">IX Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Tactical_Air_Command" title="IX Tactical Air Command">IX Tactical Air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IX_Troop_Carrier_Command" title="IX Troop Carrier Command">IX Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XIX_Tactical_Air_Command" title="XIX Tactical Air Command">XIX Tactical Air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/XXIX_Tactical_Air_Command_(Provisional)" title="XXIX Tactical Air Command (Provisional)">XXIX Tactical Air</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Wings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Bombardment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/97th_Bombardment_Wing_(U.S._Army_Air_Forces)" title="97th Bombardment Wing (U.S. Army Air Forces)">97th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/98th_Combat_Bombardment_Wing" title="98th Combat Bombardment Wing">98th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_Air_Division" title="44th Air Division">99th Bombardment </a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Fighter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/57th_Air_Division" title="57th Air Division">8th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/348th_Tactical_Electronics_Group" title="348th Tactical Electronics Group">9th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/70th_Fighter_Wing" title="70th Fighter Wing">70th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_Fighter_Wing" title="71st Fighter Wing">71st Fighter</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">84th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/404th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="404th Air Expeditionary Group">100th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/303rd_Fighter_Wing" title="303rd Fighter Wing">303d Fighter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Troop carrier</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/50th_Troop_Carrier_Wing" title="50th Troop Carrier Wing">50th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_Troop_Carrier_Wing" title="52nd Troop Carrier Wing">52d Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_Fighter_Wing" title="53rd Fighter Wing">53d Troop Carrier</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Bombardment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/12th_Operations_Group" title="12th Operations Group">12th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/98th_Operations_Group" title="98th Operations Group">98th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/322d_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="322d Air Expeditionary Group">322d Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/323d_Expeditionary_Operations_Group" title="323d Expeditionary Operations Group">323d Bombardment Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/340th_Flying_Training_Group" title="340th Flying Training Group">340th Bombardment Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/126th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="126th Air Refueling Wing">344th Bombardment Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/376th_Expeditionary_Operations_Group" title="376th Expeditionary Operations Group">376th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/386th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="386th Air Expeditionary Wing">386th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/387th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="387th Air Expeditionary Group">387th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/111th_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="111th Fighter Wing">391st Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/106th_Rescue_Wing" title="106th Rescue Wing">394th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/397th_Bombardment_Wing" title="397th Bombardment Wing">397th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/409th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="409th Air Expeditionary Group">409th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/410th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="410th Air Expeditionary Wing">410th Bombardment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/416th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="416th Air Expeditionary Wing">416th Bombardment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Fighter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/36th_Operations_Group" title="36th Operations Group">36th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_Operations_Group" title="48th Operations Group">48th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_Operations_Group" title="50th Operations Group">50th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Operations_Group" title="57th Operations Group">57th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_Test_and_Evaluation_Group" title="53rd Test and Evaluation Group">79th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/103d_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="103d Airlift Wing">324th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/354th_Operations_Group" title="354th Operations Group">354th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/122d_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="122d Fighter Wing">358th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/132nd_Wing" title="132nd Wing">365th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/128th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="128th Air Refueling Wing">362d Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/363rd_Intelligence,_Surveillance_and_Reconnaissance_Wing" title="363rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing">363d Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/366th_Operations_Group" title="366th Operations Group">366th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/133d_Operations_Group" title="133d Operations Group">367th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/136th_Airlift_Wing" title="136th Airlift Wing">368th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/370th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="370th Air Expeditionary Wing">370th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/142nd_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="142nd Fighter Wing">371st Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/373d_Fighter_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="373d Fighter Group">373d Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/137th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="137th Special Operations Wing">404th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/405th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="405th Air Expeditionary Group">405th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/406th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="406th Air Expeditionary Group">406th Fighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/474th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="474th Air Expeditionary Group">474th Fighter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;">Troop carrier</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/61st_Air_Base_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="61st Air Base Group">61st Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="64th Air Expeditionary Group">64th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/313th_Expeditionary_Operations_Group" title="313th Expeditionary Operations Group">313th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/314th_Operations_Group" title="314th Operations Group">314th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/315th_Operations_Group" title="315th Operations Group">315th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/316th_Operations_Group" title="316th Operations Group">316th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/349th_Operations_Group" title="349th Operations Group">349th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/434th_Operations_Group" title="434th Operations Group">434th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/435th_Operations_Group" title="435th Operations Group">435th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/436th_Operations_Group" title="436th Operations Group">436th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/437th_Operations_Group" title="437th Operations Group">437th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/438th_Air_Expeditionary_Advisory_Group" title="438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group">438th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/439th_Operations_Group" title="439th Operations Group">439th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/440th_Operations_Group" title="440th Operations Group">440th Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/441st_Troop_Carrier_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="441st Troop Carrier Wing">441st Troop Carrier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/442nd_Operations_Group" title="442nd Operations Group">442d Troop Carrier</a></li> <li>IX Troop 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