List of United States Air Force bands
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
Active duty bands
- 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 Pacific-Asia
- United States Air Force Band of Pacific-Hawaii
- 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
- 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 (562nd Air Force Band)
- Air National Guard Band of the West Coast (561st Air Force Band)
- Air National Guard Band of the West Coast
Other bands
- United States Air Force Academy Drum and Bugle Corps
- United States Air Force Academy Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps
Former bands
Army Air Force Bands
- 3rd Air Force Band
- 16th Air Force Band
- 501st Air Force Band
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
References
- Closing down of Air Force band ends a tradition, Sarah Bryan Miller, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 6 July 2012
- http://www.usafunithistory.com/index.html
- Band airmen focus on performing, not demise, Air Force Times, 8 July 2012
- https://books.google.com/books?id=JHnJCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT99&lpg=PT99&dq=Empire+Band+of+The+Air+Force&source=bl&ots=Iq1D80wTpt&sig=ACfU3U06J0IfHd4Rx7-i5rSJ4-iVResSAA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjN7NDsj97oAhVBAqwKHbCZBgwQ6AEwF3oECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Empire%20Band%20of%20The%20Air%20Force&f=false
- https://www.omaha.com/news/military/offutt-s-getting-the-band-back-together/article_28bbbfb1-62ad-595d-adcd-02451a824944.html
- 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
- https://www.180fw.ang.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/447580/the-final-notes-have-been-played-555th-air-national-guard-band-of-the-great-lak/
- https://www.nwnewsnetwork.org/post/air-force-deactivates-fabled-northwest-military-band
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