The 9th Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 unit. Its last assignment was with the Ninth Air Force

Ninth Air Force

The Ninth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina....

, based at RAF Kabrit

RAF Kabrit

Kibrit Air Base is a closed Egyptian Air Force base located in Egypt, approximately 20 miles north of Suez; 125 km east of Cairo. The name of the station came from a nearby village, and in Egyptian means "sulphur كبريت".-History:...

, Egypt. It was inactivated on 31 March 1943.

History

Assigned to Fourth Air Force

Fourth Air Force

The Fourth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Reserve . It is headquartered at March Air Reserve Base, California....

 as prewar Pursuit Wing. Reactivated and moved to Egypt

Egypt

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 in 1942, however all Ninth Air Force

Ninth Air Force

The Ninth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina....

 fighter groups in the eastern desert were detached to the Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

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 and none were assigned to wing.

Lineage

• Constituted as 9th Pursuit Wing on 19 October 1940

Activated on 18 December 1940

Inactivated on 1 October 1941.

• Redesignated 9th Fighter Wing and activated on 24 July 1942

Inactivated on 31 March 1943

Assignments

• Southwest Air District (later 4th Air Force)
  Fourth Air Force
  The Fourth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Reserve . It is headquartered at March Air Reserve Base, California....
  
  , 18 December 1940 – 1 October 1941
• Ninth Air Force
  Ninth Air Force
  The Ninth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina....
  
  , 24 July 1942 – 31 March 1943

Stations

• March Field, California, 18 December 1940—1 October 1941
• Drew Field, Florida, 24 July – 13 December 1942
• RAF Kabrit
  RAF Kabrit
  Kibrit Air Base is a closed Egyptian Air Force base located in Egypt, approximately 20 miles north of Suez; 125 km east of Cairo. The name of the station came from a nearby village, and in Egyptian means "sulphur كبريت".-History:...
  
  , Egypt, 1 February – 31 March 1943.

Components

• 14th Fighter Group, 10 June- 5 September 1941
• 51st Fighter Group, 20 June–19 September 1941

Attached to 4th Air Force until 20 June 1941

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