Maj. Gen. Chad P. Franks, Fifteenth Air Force commander, assumes command of Fifteenth Air Force, after Chief Master Sgt. Benjamin W. Hedden, Fifteenth Air Force command chief, unfurls the newest Numbered Air Force’s flag at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Aug. 17, 2020. Ninth Air Force was inactivated and Fifteenth Air Force was reactivated during a virtual ceremony at Shaw AFB, Aug. 20, 2020. Fifteenth Air Force was established in the Mediterranean Theater in 1943 as a strategic Air Force during World War II, transferred to Air Mobility Command in 1992 and was previously inactivated in 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Amanda Dick)
PHOTO BY:
TSgt Amanda Dick
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NIKON D810
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56/10
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10/400
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640
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