The

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal ...

has many bands that perform entertainment and public affairs functions. In mid-2012, there were 11

Air National Guard The Air National Guard (ANG), also known as the Air Guard, is a federal military reserve force of the United States Air Force, as well as the air militia of each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the ter ...

bands containing a total of 350 musicians. Six bands will be inactivated.

Current military bands

Active duty bands

United States Air Forces Central Command Band The United States Air Forces Central Command Band also known as the AFCENT Band or Blue Steel is an United States Air Force, Air Force military band. It is based at Al Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar. Being a contemporary musical group, its repert ...

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 The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, known collectively as air, retained by Earth's gravity that surrounds the planet and forms its planetary atmosphere. The atmosphere of Earth protects life on Earth by creating pressure allowing for ...

(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

* 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 *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,

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) *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 *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 An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) ex ...

(544th Air Force Band) *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 Strategic Air Command (SAC) was both a United States Department of Defense Specified Command and a United States Air Force (USAF) Major Command responsible for command and control of the strategic bomber and intercontinental ballistic missile ...

Band (702nd Air Force Band) *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) *775th Air Force Band *776th Air Force Band *

Air National Guard Band of the Central States The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, known collectively as air, retained by Earth's gravity that surrounds the planet and forms its planetary atmosphere. The atmosphere of Earth protects life on Earth by creating pressure allowing for ...

(571st Air Force Band), under the

131st Bomb Wing The 131st Bomb Wing is a unit of the Missouri Air National Guard, stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base, Knob Noster, Missouri. If activated to federal service, the wing is gained by the United States Air Force Global Strike Command. It is an as ...

* Air National Guard Band of the Great Lakes "Triple Nickel" (555th Air Force Band) * 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) *

Air National Guard Band of the Smoky Mountains The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, known collectively as air, retained by Earth's gravity that surrounds the planet and forms its planetary atmosphere. The atmosphere of Earth protects life on Earth by creating pressure allowing for ...

(572nd Air Force Band)

References

External links

Air Force Bands Program - BandsAfmusic.orgAir Force bands program restructure 2013
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Current military bands

Active duty bands

National Guard Bands

Other bands

Former bands

Army Air Force Bands

Other bands

See also

References

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