You are buying a new/unused full color U.S. Air Force shield patch (measures 3" tall by 2.75" wide) from Headquarters, Ninth Air Force (9 AF) that's located at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

This is the heritage patch of the 9th Air Force which has its combat roots in Africa and Southwest Asia theater of operations.

Ninth Air Force (9 AF)

"The Ninth Air Force is a Numbered Air Force of the USAF headquartered at Shaw AFB, South Carolina. It is the Air Force Service Component of the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM), a joint Department of Defense combat command responsible for U.S. security interests in 27 nations that stretch from the Horn of Africa through the Persian Gulf region, into Central Asia.

Activated as 9 AF on 8 April 1942, the command fought in World War II both in the Western Desert Campaign in Egypt and Libya and as the tactical fighter component of the U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe, engaging enemy forces in France, the Low Countries and in Nazi Germany. During the Cold War, it was one of two Numbered Air Forces of Tactical Air Command (TAC).

Co-designated as United States Central Command Air Forces (CENTAF) on 1 January 1983, on 2009 as part of a complicated transfer of lineage, the lineage and history of the Ninth Air Force was bestowed on USAFCENT, and a new Ninth Air Force, which technically had no previous history, was activated. On 20 August 2020, the 9 AF designation was returned to USAFCENT with the deactivation of the 2009 established 9 AF. It has fought in the 1991 Gulf War, War in Afghanistan (OEF-A, 2001–present), the Iraq War (OIF, 2003–2010), as well as various engagements within USCENTCOM."

A great patch to have for your Headquarters, Ninth Air Force, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, US Central Command or U.S. Air Force collection!

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