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IX Tactical Air Command
P-38 Lightning of a command unit[note 1]
Active1943-1945
CountryIX Tactical Air Command United States
BranchIX Tactical Air Command United States Air Force
RoleCommand of fighter bomber units
EngagementsEuropean theater of World War II[1]
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Maj Gen Elwood Richard Quesada

The IX Tactical Air Command was a formation of the United States Army Air Forces. It fought in the European theater of World War II. Its last assignment was at Camp Shanks, New York, where it was inactivated on 25 October 1945.


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  1. ^ Maurer, Combat Units, p. 448

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