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]

Bands

3rd Air Force Band
16th Air Force Band
501st Air Force Band
502nd Air Force Band
504th Air Force Band (America's Band in Blue)
505th Air Force Band (Chanute AFB, IL)
509th Air Force Band (Webb AFB, TX)
511th Air Force Band
515th Air Force Band (Bryan AFB, TX)
523rd Air Force Band (United States Air Force Band of the Golden West)
524th Air Force Band
528th Air Force Band
530th Air Force Band (Air National Guard Band of the South)
531st Air Force Band (Air National Guard Band of the Gulf Coast)
539th Air Force Band
541st Air Force Band (Air Force Band of Liberty)
543rd Air Force Band (Women in the Air Force Band)
552nd Air Force Band (Roslyn ANG Station, NY)
553rd Air Force Band (Air National Guard Band of the Mid-Atlantic)
555th Air Force Band (Air National Guard Band of the Great Lakes)
560th Air Force Band (Air National Guard Band of the Northwest)
561st Air Force Band (Air National Guard Band of the West Coast)
562nd Air Force Band (Air National Guard Band of the Southwest)
566th Air Force Band (Air National Guard Band of the Midwest)
567th Air Force Band (Air National Guard Band of the Northeast)
571st Air Force Band (Air National Guard Band of the Central States), under the 131st Bomb Wing^[2]^[3]
572nd Air Force Band (Air National Guard Band of the Smoky Mountains)
573rd Air Force Band (Hamilton AFB, CA)
579th Air Force Band
581st Air Force Band (Band of the United States Air Force Reserve, United States Air Force Highlanders Pipe Band)
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
640th Army Air Forces Band
648th Air Force Band
661st Air Force Band (United States Air Force Band of Flight)
683rd Air Force Band
686th Air Force Band (United States Air Forces in Europe Band)
695th Air Force Band
702nd Air Force Band (Strategic Air Command 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
752nd Air Force Band (United States Air Force Band of the Pacific)
753rd Air Force Band
774th Air Force Band (Ladd AFB, AK) ^[4]
775th Air Force Band
776th Air Force Band
Air National Guard Band of the Central States (571st Air Force Band)
Air National Guard Band of the Great Lakes (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 Midwest (566th Air Force Band)
Air National Guard Band of the Northeast (567th Air Force Band)
Air National Guard Band of the Northwest (560th Air Force Band)
Air National Guard Band of the Smoky Mountains (572nd 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)
The Airmen of Note
United States Air Force Academy Band
United States Air Force Academy Drum Corps
United States Air Force Academy Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps
United States Air Force Band
United States Air Force Band of Flight (661st Air Force Band)
United States Air Force Band of Liberty (541st Air Force Band)
United States Air Force Band of Mid-America
United States Air Force Band of the Golden West (523rd Air Force Band)
United States Air Force Band of the Pacific (752nd Air Force Band)
United States Air Force Band of the Pacific-Hawaii
United States Air Force Band of the Pacific-Asia
Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve (581st Air Force Band) to be disbanded in 2012^[5]
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 Central Command Band
United States Air Forces in Europe Band (686th Air Force Band)

References

↑ Closing down of Air Force band ends a tradition, Sarah Bryan Miller, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 6 July 2012
↑ 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
↑ New Replacements Find Ladd AFB One of Friendliest, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 6 Nov 1952
↑ Band airmen focus on performing, not demise, Air Force Times, 8 July 2012

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Air National Guard (ANG)

State and Territorial units	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Centers	Air National Guard Readiness ANG AFRC Test ANG Weather Readiness I.G. Brown Air National Guard Training and Education

Wings and Groups

Wings

Composite	108th 113th 118th 119th 127th 140th 154th 175th 176th 178th 188th

Air Control	116th

Airlift	103d 105th 107th 109th 120th 123d 130th 133d 136th 139th 143d 145th 146th 152d 153d 156th 164th 165th 166th 167th 172d 179th 182d 189th

Air Refueling	101st 117th 121st 126th 128th 134th 137th 141st 151st 155th 157th 161st 168th 171st 185th 186th 190th

Attack	110th 174th

Bomb	131st

Fighter	52d* 53d* 54th* 55th* 60th* 61st* 62d* 63d* 66th* 67th* 71st* 86th* 104th 106th* 111th 114th 115th 122d 124th 125th 132d 138th 142d 144th 148th 149th 150th 159th 162d 169th 173d 177th 180th 183d 187th 192d

Intelligence	102d 181st 184th

Reconnaissance	147th 163d

Regional Support	194th

Rescue	106th 129th

Special Operations	150th 193d

Groups

Composite	170th

Airlift	135th*

Air Operations	102d 152d 157th

Air Refueling	112th* 127th 160th*

Combat Communications	162d 163d 201st 226th 252d 254th 281st*

Cyberspace Engineering Installation	251st 253d

Operations	140th

Reconnaissance	214th

Squadrons

Flying

Air Command and Control	12th 128th

Airlift	105th 109th 115th 118th 130th 135th* 136th 137th 139th 142d 143d 144th 155th 156th 158th 164th 165th 167th 169th 172d 180th 181st 183d 186th 187th 189th* 192d 198th 200th 201st 204th 249th

Air Refueling	106th 108th 116th 117th 126th 132d 133d 141st 145th 146th 147th 150th 151st 153d 166th 168th 171st 173d 174th 185th 191st 197th 203d

Attack	138th

Bomb	110th

Fighter	100th 103d 104th 107th 112th 114th 119th 120th 121st 122d 123d 124th 125th 131st 134th 148th 149th 152d 157th 159th 160th* 163d 170th* 175th 176th 179th 182d 184th 190th 194th 195th 199th

Reconnaissance	111th 162d 178th 196th 214th

Rescue	101st 102d 103d 129th 130th 131st 188th 210th 211th 212th

Special Operations	193d

Training	154th

Non-Flying

Air Control	103d 116th 117th 128th 141st 176th

Air Operations	112th

Air Support	113th ASOS 172d

Air Traffic Control	270th 245th

Civil Engineering	285th Civil Engineering Squadron

Combat Communications	143d 147th 149th 206th 221st 222d 223d 225th 228th 231st 232d 234th 236th 239th 240th 242d 244th 256th 261st 262d 263d 264th 265th 267th 269th 271st 272d 280th 282d 283d 291st 292d 293d

Command and Control	119th 127th 153d 222d

Engineering Installation	130th 202d 205th 210th 211th 212th 213th 214th 215th 217th 218th 219th 220th 241st 243d 270th 272d

Force Support	187th

Information Warfare Aggressor	177th

Intelligence	101st 117th 123d 152d 161st 194th 234th

Joint Communications Support	224th 290th

Logistics Readiness	187th

RED HORSE	202d 203d 819th

Security Forces	187th

Space Control	114th

Space Operations	111th 148th

Space Warning	137th 213th

Special Operations Communications	193d 280th

Special Tactics	125th

Asterisk (*) denotes an inactive unit

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