9th Air Force (AFCENT) leadership briefs COMACC on organization’s current posture, future force

U.S. Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly, commander of Air Combat Command, speaks at a briefing with 9th Air Force (Air Forces Central) at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, June 25, 2021. Shaw Air Force Base leadership, to include 9th Air Force (AFCENT) commander, Lt. Gen. Greg Guillot, hosted Kelly on base Friday, June 26. In addition to meeting with Airmen, the generals discussed future plans at Shaw, to include building resiliency of 9th Air Force (AFCENT). The first of these plans was realized this past spring with the current repositioning of the Kingpin –and the more than 150 Airmen and coalition partners who support it – from the Middle East to Sumter. (U.S. Air Force photo by TSgt. Elysia Wray)

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9th Air Force (AFCENT) leadership briefs COMACC on organization’s current posture, future force

U.S. Air Force Airman Rebecca Pietryka, a member from the 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron “Kingpin”, briefs Gen. Mark Kelly, commander of Air Combat Command (ACC), about her job’s role in Kingpin’s operations during a base tour at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, June 25, 2021. Shaw Air Force Base leadership, to include 9th Air Force (AFCENT) commander, Lt. Gen. Greg Guillot, hosted Gen. Mark Kelly on base Friday, June 26. In addition to meeting with Airmen, the generals discussed future plans at Shaw, to include building resiliency of 9th Air Force (AFCENT). The first of these plans was realized this past spring with the current repositioning of the Kingpin mission –and the more than 150 Airmen and coalition partners who support it – from the Middle East to Sumter. (U.S. Air Force photo by TSgt. Elysia Wray)

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9th Air Force (AFCENT) leadership briefs COMACC on organization’s current posture, future force

U.S. Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly (left), commander of Air Combat Command, and Chief Master Sgt. David Wade (right), Command Chief of Air Combat Command, listens to a brief from the 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron “Kingpin” during a base tour at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, June 25, 2021. Shaw Air Force Base leadership, to include 9th Air Force (AFCENT) commander, Lt. Gen. Greg Guillot, hosted Gen. Mark Kelly on base Friday, June 26. In addition to meeting with Airmen, the generals discussed future plans at Shaw, to include building resiliency of 9th Air Force (AFCENT). The first of these plans was realized this past spring with the current repositioning of the Kingpin mission –and the more than 150 Airmen and coalition partners who support it –from the Middle East to Sumter. (U.S. Air Force photo by TSgt. Elysia Wray)

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9th Air Force (AFCENT) leadership briefs COMACC on organization’s current posture, future force

U.S. Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly (right), commander of Air Combat Command, has a conversation with Lt. Gen. Greg Guillot (left), 9th Air Force (Air Forces Central) commander, during a base tour at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, June 25, 2021. Shaw Air Force Base leadership hosted Kelly on base Friday, June 26. In addition to meeting with Airmen, the generals discussed future plans at Shaw, to include building resiliency of 9th Air Force (AFCENT). The first of these plans was realized this past spring with the current repositioning of the Kingpin mission –and the more than 150 Airmen and coalition partners who support it – from the Middle East to Sumter. (U.S. Air Force photo by TSgt. Elysia Wray)

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9th Air Force (AFCENT) leadership briefs COMACC on organization’s current posture, future force

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Greg Guillot, commander of 9th Air Force (Air Forces Central), briefs Gen. Mark Kelly, commander of Air Combat Command, at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, June 25, 2021. Shaw Air Force Base leadership, hosted Kelly on base Friday, June 26. In addition to meeting with Airmen, the generals discussed future plans at Shaw, to include building resiliency of 9th Air Force (AFCENT). The first of these plans was realized this past spring with the current repositioning of the Kingpin mission –and the more than 150 Airmen and coalition partners who support it – from the Middle East to Sumter. (U.S. Air Force photo by TSgt. Elysia Wray)

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9th Air Force (AFCENT) leadership briefs COMACC on organization’s current posture, future force

Published June 30, 2021
By Capt. Lauren Linscott
9th Air Force (AFCENT)/ Public Affairs

SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. --

On Friday, Lt. Gen. Greg Guillot, commander of 9th Air Force (Air Forces Central), received Gen. Mark Kelly, commander of Air Combat Command, and Chief Master Sgt. David Wade, Command Chief of Air Combat Command, for an immersion at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

During his visit, Guillot presented AFCENT’s operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility and plans for the future and introduced Kelly to Kingpin, a recently repositioned command and control unit currently stationed at Shaw.