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]

The United States Air Force Academy Cadet Drum and Bugle Corps

Current military bands

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Active duty bands

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

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)

See also

References
  1. Closing down of Air Force band ends a tradition, Sarah Bryan Miller, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 6 July 2012
  2. http://www.usafunithistory.com/index.html
  3. Band airmen focus on performing, not demise, Air Force Times, 8 July 2012
  4. 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
  5. https://www.omaha.com/news/military/offutt-s-getting-the-band-back-together/article_28bbbfb1-62ad-595d-adcd-02451a824944.html
  6. New Replacements Find Ladd AFB One of Friendliest, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 6 Nov 1952
  7. Missouri Air Guard band performs at White House, 14 April 2012
  8. Missouri Air National Guard Band Sidewinder returns home to Saint Louis, 3 Sept. 2011, 131st Bomb Wing Public Affairs
  9. 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/
  10. https://www.nwnewsnetwork.org/post/air-force-deactivates-fabled-northwest-military-band
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