The United States Air Force has many bands that perform entertainment and public affairs functions. In mid-2012, there were 11 Air National Guard bands containing a total of 350 musicians. Six bands will be inactivated.[1]
Current military bands edit
Active duty bands edit
- United States Air Force Band
- United States Air Force Academy Band
- United States Air Force Band of Flight (661st Air Force Band)
- United States Air Force Band of the Golden West (523rd Air Force Band)
- United States Air Force Band of Mid-America
- United States Air Force Band of the Pacific
- United States Air Force Band of the West (539th Air Force Band)
- United States Air Force Heartland of America Band (702nd Air Force Band)
- United States Air Force Heritage of America Band (564th Air Force Band)
- United States Air Forces in Europe Band (686th Air Force Band)
- United States Air Forces Central Command Band
National Guard Bands edit
- Air National Guard Band of the Midwest (566th Air Force Band)
- Air National Guard Band of the Northeast (567th Air Force Band)
- Air National Guard Band of the South (530th Air Force Band)
- Air National Guard Band of the Southwest (531st Air Force Band)
- Air National Guard Band of the West Coast (562nd Air Force Band)
- Air National Guard Band of the West Coast
Other bands edit
Former bands edit
Army Air Force Bands edit
- 3rd Air Force Band
- 16th Air Force Band
- 501st Air Force Band
- 523rd Air Force Band (March AFB, CA)
- 524th Air Force Band (Sheppard AFB, TX))
- 525th Air Force Band (Sheppard AFB/Cannon AFB, TX)
- 526th Air Force Band (Sheppard AFB, TX)
- 547th Air Force Band (North Malir, Pakistan)
- 548th Air Force Band (Hollandia, New Guinea)
- 640th Army Air Forces Band
- 511th Army Air Force Band (Gulfport, MS)
Other bands edit
- United States Air Force Band of Liberty (541st Air Force Band)
- WAF Band (543rd Air Force Band)
- United States Air Force Pipe Band
- Band of the United States Air Force Reserve (581st Air Force Band), disbanded in 2012[3]
- 502nd Air Force Band (Keesler AFB, MS)
- 505th Air Force Band (Chanute AFB, IL)
- 509th Air Force Band (Webb AFB, TX
- 515th Air Force Band (Bryan AFB, TX)
- 521st Air Force Band (F.E. Warren AFB, WY)
- 522nd Air Force Band (Ramey AFB, Puerto Rico)
- 523rd Air Force Band (March AFB, CA)
- 528th Air Force Band (Scott AFB, IL)
- 538th Air Force Band (Hunter AFB, GA)
- 539th Air Force Band
- Empire Band of The Air Force (544th Air Force Band)[4]
- 545th Air Force Band (Lackland AFB, TX)
- 549th Air Force Band (Hill AFB, UT)
- 552nd Air Force Band (Roslyn ANG Station, NY)
- 573rd Air Force Band (Hamilton AFB, CA)
- 579th Air Force Band (Stewart AFB, NY)
- 583rd Air Force Band
- 589th Air Force Band
- 590th Air Force Band (McGuire AFB, NJ)
- 591st Air Force Band
- 600th Air Force Band
- 604th Air Force Band
- 626th Air Force Band
- 648th Air Force Band
- 683rd Air Force Band
- 695th Air Force Band
- Strategic Air Command Band (702nd Air Force Band)[5]
- 724th Air Force Band
- 730th Air Force Band
- 745th Air Force Band (Barksdale AFB, LA)
- 746th Air Force Band
- 748th Air Force Band
- 751st Air Force Band
- 753rd Air Force Band
- 774th Air Force Band (Ladd AFB, AK)[6]
- 775th Air Force Band
- 776th Air Force Band
- Air National Guard Band of the Central States (571st Air Force Band), under the 131st Bomb Wing[7][8]
- Air National Guard Band of the Great Lakes "Triple Nickel" (555th Air Force Band)[9]
- Air National Guard Band of the Gulf Coast (531st Air Force Band)
- Air National Guard Band of the Mid-Atlantic (553rd Air Force Band)
- Air National Guard Band of the Northwest (560th Air Force Band)[10]
- Air National Guard Band of the Smoky Mountains (572nd Air Force Band)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Closing down of Air Force band ends a tradition, Sarah Bryan Miller, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 6 July 2012
- ^ "USAF Orders of Battle".
- ^ Band airmen focus on performing, not demise, Air Force Times, 8 July 2012
- ^ Gabriel, Michael A. (16 March 2016). The Force of Destiny: The Life and Times of Colonel Arnald D. Gabriel. ISBN 9781491788509.
- ^ "Offutt's getting the band back together".
- ^ New Replacements Find Ladd AFB One of Friendliest, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 6 Nov 1952
- ^ Missouri Air Guard band performs at White House, 14 April 2012
- ^ Missouri Air National Guard Band Sidewinder returns home to Saint Louis, 3 Sept. 2011, 131st Bomb Wing Public Affairs
- ^ "The Final Notes Have Been Played: 555th Air National Guard Band of the Great Lakes Deactiv".
- ^ "Air Force Deactivates Fabled Northwest Military Band". 6 September 2013.