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Jan. 9, 2023
Advisory: AFCENT Innovation Day

Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) is hosting an AFCENT Innovation Day Feb.15 at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.
Jan. 5, 2023
Reviving a 40 year old technique: AUAB tests first ground A2A refuel in decades

When thinking of refueling an aircraft, many imagine a KC-135 Stratotanker soaring through the clouds, and a fighter jet attached to a boom receiving thousands of gallons of fuel mid-flight. But what happens if a pilot has to make an emergency landing in an austere location?
Dec. 19, 2022
AFCENT, 15 AF and 20 FW team up for Project Quesada

Units from Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central), 15th Air Force and the 20th Fighter Wing worked together to host an engagement for 35 local high school students from Florence 1 School District’s Advantage Academy, here, Nov. 30.
Dec. 7, 2022
AFCENT's 609th AOC shifts to user-focused software suite

On Nov. 20, 2022, Airmen from Kessel Run, the Air Force’s system program office for the Air Operations Center Enterprise, replaced the 609th Air Operations Center’s legacy Theater Battle Management Core System with its own suite of applications.
Dec. 3, 2022
AFCENT’s innovation Task Force 99 establishes ops, HQ

Less than two months following the establishment of Task Force 99, Lt. Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich, Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) commander, visited the team at their new location for a peek behind the curtain of the command’s innovation powerhouse, Dec 1, 2022.
Dec. 1, 2022
U.S. and Israeli Air Force execute fighter escort and refueling exercise

Today, Ninth Air Force (U.S. Air Forces Central) F-15E Strike Eagles, F-16 Fighting Falcons, and KC-135 Stratotankers participated in a bilateral exercise with Israeli Air Force F-15 Lightning IIs and F-16s over the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. The exercise focused on fighter integration and refueling
Nov. 15, 2022
AFCENT leads U.S. military presence alongside partners during Bahrain International Airshow 2022

U.S. Central Command participated in the 2022 Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS22) alongside coalition and partner nations at Sakhir Airbase, Bahrain, Nov. 9-11, 2022.
Nov. 11, 2022
U.S. Central Command Bomber Task Force

U.S. Central Command conducted a Bomber Task Force mission, Nov. 10, 2022.
Nov. 9, 2022
AFCENT Deputy Commander, allies, partners attend 4th Manama Air Power Symposium

Maj. Gen. David Harris, Deputy Commander, Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central), and Deputy, Combined Forces Air Component Commander, U.S. Central Command, was a guest speaker at the 4th Manama Air Power Symposium, Bahrain, Nov. 8, 2022.During his briefing entitled “Collaborative Combat Aircraft in
Oct. 25, 2022
386 AEW stands up innovation cell--Task Force 99.M

Once again, the 386 Air Expeditionary Wing is leading modernization throughout the region, standing up the very first satellite innovation cell under U.S. Air Forces Central Command’s Task Force 99 at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait.On Oct. 26, 2022, the 386 AEW stood up Task Force 99.M, paying