80th Birthday of "The U.S. Air Force Song"
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It’s the 80th Anniversary of the Air Force Song!
To celebrate this milestone we present a unique arrangement that was shot in one take…wait for the bonus ending from the United States Air Force Honor Guard!
80 years ago, composer Robert Crawford delighted the audience at the 1939 Cleveland Air Race with a performance of the newly minted service tune of the Army Air Corps.
$1000 was the prize being offered to the individual who would compose the song for the young service. Just two days before the deadline, Robert Crawford decided to pen a composition. Drawing on his own experience as a pilot in WWII, and also his professional music training from The Juilliard School and career as "The Flying Baritone," Crawford's composition was unanimously selected from over 600 submissions!
Years later when the United States Air Force became its own branch, the lyrics were changed slightly to reflect what we know and love today as the "Air Force Song." Please enjoy this special performance by your United States Air Force Band as we tip our hat to the extraordinary work of Robert Crawford that has stirred pride in our flying force for 80 years!
Credits:
Executive Producer: Colonel Don Schofield
Musical Arrangement: Senior Master Sgt. (Ret.) Robert Thurston
Videographer/editor: Senior Master Sgt. Dennis Hoffmann
Assistant videographer/key grip: Master Sgt. Chad Randolph
Audio editor/mixer: Master Sgt. Jim DeVaughn
Lyrics:
Off we go into the wild blue yonder,
Climbing high into the sun
Here they come zooming to meet our thunder
At 'em boys, Give 'er the gun!
Down we dive, spouting our flame from under
Off with one helluva roar!
We live in fame or go down in flame. Hey!
Nothing'll stop the U.S. Air Force!
When my dad joined, it was the Army Air Corps, then it was the Army Air Forces, and finally, the U.S. Air Force. :-)
Same for mine. He used to joke about going in with a green uniform and coming out with a blue one.
I'm certain all of you supported and took care of your dads during and after their service. Thank you for all the good you did, and all the good you do now, and shall do. We all benefit greatly. Be safe and careful, always!
@@worldtravel101 My Dad was told to wear what ever uniform he was discharged with at the end of WWll before being recalled as they didn't have an official uniform yet.
That was so awesome! At first you think it's just a few members of the band, lightly drumming and whistling....and then they hit you with some flutes, a bass, and trombone...next thing you see and hear, are some clarinets and violins.....and before you can do anything about it, your audio sensors, are being overwhelmed by the entire band, along with the choir.....pretty sneaky guys.....but job well done. Outstanding!
I've seen them do their mash show at the Smithsonian a few times and they are amazing in the way they grow into a full orchestra and chorus
Yeah bro. It blew me away
Always proud and lucky to have been an airman,1980-84
Shaw AFB SC
Rapid deployment joint task force
Rammstein airbase west Germany
Bless our troops
Outstanding! I live next door to FE Warren AFB. The men and women who serve our country in the military are "THE BEST OF THE BEST". Thank you for all you do...and Happy 80th Birthday USAF!!
How did they make this just one take? Wonderful performance!
I very rarely cry. Buttttttt...
When I saw this, tears started streaming from this 71 years young Airman.
Protecting our nation and more, always. Thanks for all you do!
Phillip C. Smith, Sgt.
5010th Security Police Squadron
Eielson AFB, Alaska
1969-1972
Thanks for watching!
Touching man. Thanks 4 your service ! 👍
@@nickonicko2575 sir, all I ever did was guard aircraft, missiles, and systems in Air Force Security Police (now called Security Forces, with a motto of "Defensor Fortis" Everybody does the Latin thing! Oh well...). It's work you may have done with greater ease, talent, and excitement. Anyway, the Air Force sent me to Eielson Air Force Base, 26 miles southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, for an 18 months tour, and I spent 3 years there. The Air Force kept me from being drafted (yes, I was a draft dodger, lol), and I absolutely LOVED Alaska! I highly recommend for anyone to go there in the summertime. Thanks for the comment. When everyone was discharged, we weren't told to stop serving our country, friends and neighbors. Please be safe and careful!
@@TheUSAFBand I have always enjoyed your performances, your collective skill set, professionalism, being ambassadors, and dedication to the Air Force, and above all, to the United States of America. Your Professional Results In Daily Effort (PRIDE - and yes, half a century later, we still remember that) shows magnificently! Someday, I'd dearly LOVE to actually see a performance !
Phillip C. Smith, Sgt.
5010th Security Police Sqn.
Eielson AFB, Alaska
1969-1972
Most beautiful military song ever I heard. Brilliant!!!
Oh! Nothing can stop the Army Air Corps!
My dad was Army Air Corps! 1942-1945!
@@donnaligi641 Ooah!
AIR FORCE! We're the smart ones...send the officers out to fight. :-)
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OTOH I got a chance to go up in an F4 once, Just about as much fun as you can have with your pants on!
Except for the Security Forces at FOBs.
@@rkooyers
When I got to Tech School it was Air Police, When I got to Osan it was Security Police, Then not sure when we became Security Forces.
Thing is 90%(?) of Air Force personal are REMF's.
Oink Oink
@@stevenwiederholt7000. You're a typical JEEP (Just Enough Education to Pass). You're probable one that we sent to OMS to get five gallons of prop wash or 50 yards of flight line. During Team Spirit we practiced to protect your hiding in a building. In Germany we practiced war plans while you worried about scuffs on your Dunpont’s corfam low quarters while being a member of the Chair Force. You're the REMF.
@@stevenwiederholt7000 they were Security Police in my dad's day. He was in from 1978-1985 active duty, 1985-1990 reserves
God blessed the air force and the united state of america🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
God Bless the United States Air Force!
Happy Birthday.
Hard to believe that the YOUNGEST branch of the military is now 80 years old! I happened to be at the 60th birthday celebration at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu. Just so happened that the Thunderbirds were in town!
The youngest branch is the space force
That was nice and different. Liked with each pan the band grew larger. I played alto & tenor sax marching band and loved all the standards that are marching band music. Enjoyed🎼🎵🎶🇺🇸👍
Loved it! Some manner of camera sorcery at work here....the band just kept growing! Bravo, Airmen!!! Proud Air Force Dad.
Thanks! It was a fun video to film!
Go Blue ✈ USAF!! Wow, these Technical and Masters looked incredibly young. Glad to see fellow Airmen advancing so well through the Ranks.
That was very professional, just like everything the USAF does :)
Although the confetti guns at the end were a bit lame, all the rest was exceptional. Congrats to anniversary of this song, and the 72 years of MY Air Force. MSgt Ron Rose, retired.
THANK YOU for your outstanding service MSgt Ron Rose...two thumbs up from Cheyenne, Wyoming in the greatest nation in the history of this planet the United States of America!
I chuckled a little when they did that. Then again, the whole production had a kind of "La Cage Aux Folles" production quality to it. But hey, it's the Air Force.
time is very fast! I just watched this when it was premiered, (it's like a couple of months ago..) Happy 81st Birthday USAF!
🎂 Thanks!
What an amazing arrangement! Brilliant composer and wonderful performance!
Nicely done. Excellent whistling! I like how they spotlighted everyone.
A really great up-beat arrangement! I missed the intro verse (Verse III) "Here's a toast to the host of those who love the vastness of the sky, . . .
"Wild Blue Yonder" - Anthem for the U.S. Air Force
Off we go into the wild blue yonder,
Climbing high into the sun;
Here they come zooming to meet our thunder,
At ‘em now, Give 'em the gun!
Down we dive, spouting our flame from under,
Off with one helluva roar!
We live in fame or go down in flame. Hey!
Nothing'll stop the U.S. Air Force!
(Nothing'll stop the U.S. Air Force!
The U.S.
The U.S. Air Force!~~)
and let's not forget the wonderful American Band of the A.E.F!
Congratulations us air force and happy Birthday ! From Belgium 🇧🇪
Great really!
Awesome job! From one extremely proud retired Airman.
My branch of service. Air Force forever!!!!!
Y'all obviously know the importance of the Cat. Damn, you folks are damn near too perfect. Great performance!!!! Thanks and Godf bless
This should have way more views... AWESOME!!
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Thanks from Florida 😍👍✈️💕🛩❤️🇺🇸
A nice song keeping everybody closer...
This song was composed by Robert Crawford, Miami, FL for the Army Air Corps in 1939, years before the Air Force was formed. The original words were "nothing can stop the Army Air Corps". My father flew with Bob Crawford during WWII and we would visit the Crawford family when I was a child. Bob could bang out this song on his grand piano and he had a fantastic baritone voice.
Changed to Army Air Force in 1941 and to US Air Force in 1947, coincident with name changes of the service.
@@smwca123 Was not changed until 1947. My dad was Army Air Corps until discharge in 1945
@donnaligi641 AAF was 1941-1947, the lyrics were so updated for that.
USAF 1983 - 1989 Norton AFB, Proud to serve. The TSGT playing the oboe, should have looked at his ribbons, they are upside down.
WONDERFUL !
Thanks!
I wanted to join the Air Force when I was in my late teens but my parents talked me out of it. I have always felt I missed a great opportunity. And I love the Air Force song!
I am currently trying to talk my shy 18yo daughter INTO the Air Force for all of the great opportunities. I am a Army veteran and understand what could happen but may not.
Your parents definitely screwed you with that one. The air force is a great option for anyone who's getting out of school and doesn't know what to do
Very peoud! Fantastic performance for a fantastic heritage.
Outstanding arrangement!
Thanks!
@@TheUSAFBand Thank you for responding! Fellow Jazz Trombonist and 8th/86th SFS. Made my day!
used to have to sing this in elementary school
Wll, jolly tars are our men😊
Always make shure your static is hooked up !!!
I'm a proud AF vet who served 10 years. Started off great, but ended as a Disney production. My USAF is not Disney.
Where can I find this in high quality? The arrangement is great. Love to hear it without the compression
1939-0615, Military, History of the AF Song.
In 1939, a magazine called Liberty offered a $1,000 (20,226-2022) prize to come up with a song for the newly formed AF. The magazine wanted a song to rival the Army Air Corps song. Mildred Yount was the chairwoman of the song selection committee. The committee was composed of Air Corps generals’ wives along with COL Edmond I. Gruber, composer of “The Caissons Go Rolling Along.”
The winning song was submitted on 1939-0715, by a professional musician named Robert Crawford who called himself, “The Flying Baritone,” since he had a pilot’s license. The original title was, “What Do You Think of the Air Corps Now?” In 1947 the song was renamed, “The USAF.”
2020-0227, Military, AF Song Changed to Make it Gender Neutral.
AF Chief of Staff GEN David Goldfein made the change. He says, “Combat does not discriminate, and neither should we.”
The old version: A toast to the host of the men we boast.
The new version is longer: Here's a toast to the host
Of those who love the vastness of the sky,
To a friend we send a message of the brave who serve on high.
We drink to those who gave their all of old,
Then down we roar to score the rainbow's pot of gold.
A toast to the host of those we boast, the U.S. AF!
2020-0601, Gender, AF Song Changed More to Make it More Gender Neutral:
A gender-neutral ‘Wild Blue Yonder’: AF finishes changing official song
The AF is rolling out the final tweaks to its official song to remove the last references to just men and make it more inclusive of the women in the service.
The AF outlined additional changes to the well-known song, which begins “Off we go, into the wild blue yonder.” The second verse will drop the gender-specific lines “Hands of men blasted the world asunder” and “Souls of men dreaming of skies to conquer” to “Valiant hands” and “Boundless souls.” The final verse will also change from “Flying men, guarding the nation’s border” to “Fly to fight.”
Awesome!
Air Force came into existence in 1947...72 years ago
Happy 80th Birth Day US Air Force !! i m SouthKorean and Republic Of Korea Army active duty.
In what month of 2020 will the U.S. space force be established?
Parabéns, força aérea!
ما شاء ألله عليكم حفظكم الله تعالى آمين
Sep 18 1947 is the official date for the birth of the Air Force if I’m not wrong
The Air Force is the smartest of the branches because they do their killing from 40,000 feet
I think this is the one
Every part of the band spawning in like its Garry's Mod
giver the gun
My youtube recommendations want me to cringe like its Lackland 1999.
Great work though guys.
Rap version is foathcoming?
Marine one? Who that to army air Corp
Bit confused....Air Force established in 1947...how can this song be 80 years old?
The song was written in 1939 for the Army Air Corps, and when the Air Force became its own branch eight years later, the song came with (albeit with slightly adjusted lyrics).
@@TheUSAFBand ...."Nothing can stop the Army Air Corp"
Here's a hint: the original lyrics were "nothing will stop the Army Air Corps"
Love the song. BUT @ 1:03 the TSgt playing the Bassoon has his ribbons upside down, I am surprised that his badge isn't upside down too. Come on, guys........ Buddy check each other before you film a major piece like this, out of all of the ranks NO ONE caught this!!!!!!!!!
他是我见过第二个千万富翁，破产的。
very disjointed
No good 😡
What??
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Congratulations USA AIR FORCE!!
Happy 80th Birthday USAF!!! May you rule the stratosphere and beyond forever.
A C
Thank you,I am proud and lucky to have been called an airman
@@OVERHERE-OVERHERE Me Too. 1979 - 1995. We Rule The Sky's.
The song is 80 years old, the USAF branch did not come into existence until Sept 18, 1947.
Hey, dude!! It's the 80th anniversary of the USAF song!! The USAF just turned 72 years last September 18!!
@@HarvestTexas You beat me to the punch!
Congratulations and thank you Airmen for your service.
Nothing Can Stop The US AIR FORCE!! ✈
Outstanding truth !
I've watched this three times, and every time I cry. What dedication to our country and our principles, no matter man or woman. They are the protectors of our freedom, and for others too.
God Bless America!
My Dad would sing this song when we went camping but for him, it was the Army Air Corps and his time in the Pacific in WWII from Saipan to Ie Shima
This made me tear up. Thank you to anyone who's fought for our freedom
Thanks for watching!
@@TheUSAFBand of course! It's an honor to be able to see it (even if it's through a video)
Great job, all! I salute you!
Ive been out of the USAF for 60 years but this still brings back many happy memories.
The Air Force band is second to none!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why, thank you very much! ❤️ We love to connect with the American public and we are proud to represent the world's most powerful Air Force. ✈️
TheUSAFBand I couldn’t be more proud to have you guys representing us!!!! My best friend from basic is TSgt McGinty. We graduated BMT in October of last year and he is up in DC with the ceremonial brass. Because of him I try and follow what you guys are up to and I have to say I think we have the best band of all the branches!!! Aim High!
@@MrCodyWarnervevcfvdbeff
Jsrh❤😊
Nothing will stop the U.S. Air Force
HUA ✈️
@@TheUSAFBand YES 🇺🇸✈️
It is one of the best vocals of all time across all styles. I so wish her dream of singing again is granted.
Nothing can't stop the USAF!!
I'll play this on Clara, my clarinet in honor of all of you! Go, Air Force!
COOL! 🛫
@@TheUSAFBand I already played it! It's on my channel! Like the video, & subscribe! Your Clarinetist, CatyCat28meow
I still tear up when I hear this song. Dad was part of the atomic bomb group. My brother and I went to Lackland together in 1967. Out for 13 years and got homesick at a Thunderbird air show and went back to the reserves for another 5 years. Also like "We took the blue from the skies".
We live in flame or go down in flame, makes me so proud
This is by far one of the best arrangements I've ever heard.
I strive to be able to arrange stuff like this one day, to have such original ideas and think of every little nuance.
Bravo!👏👏👏
Thanks so much!
Happy birthday air force
Congratulations for 80th birthday USA BAND AIR FORCE...You are proud of USA.... THANKS FOR SEND YOUR VIDEOS. Sérgio - 1st Trumpet, Bandleader of Dixie Swingers Jazz Band from Lindoia, SP-BRAZIL. September 19th,2019 - 12:26 hrs.
Wha happened to the introduction....."Here's a toast, to the Host....."?
This song is special to me. I used to hear it all the time as my dad was Air Force. It brings back good memories whenever I hear it. I still miss the sound of jets and being on a base. Only those who lived it will understand what I'm saying. Great video!!
Rae J
Once an airman always an airman
Nice.. never understood how band members seemed to always be so top heavy in rank while the troops out in the heat and the cold fought for every stripe but thats todays AF... was a good redention but ain't nothing like a bunch of guys at the Club sitting around after a hard mission spontaneously breaking out in song...
OUTSTANDING!♥️🐾♥️🐾♥️🐾🐾♥️☘🇺🇸🇺🇸☘♥️🐾very nice looking group!♥️🐾♥️🐾☘
Just the way fighter jocks like me want to hear it...Jazzy!
Does this count as also the “Army Air Corps” Song?
Aye this goes pretty hard
Thanks!
1:34 gave me chills!!! Amazing!
Nothing’ll stop the US Air Force
HUA
Amazing performance as always. Thanks
Proud Air Force Mom here....Happy 80th!!!!
We launch sorties. Thanks for being a morale booster for my fellow Airmen.
Always!
I don’t know why, but when it got to the hit before the vocal, I got some quick chills.
Disney + A health line of coke = People in this vide
72 years ago the Air Corps became Air Force. I’m assuming that the Air Corps was formed 80 years ago
Nemo Chicky It goes back to WW1. But was divided from the Army in 1942 as the Army Air Corps.
Amazing performance. Blew my mind
Thanks!
BTW, WWII started in 1939, assuming you guys meant Robert Crawford flew in WWI. Served USAFR 1996-2016. Still sing along whenever I hear the song.
Thank you. I was wondering how the dates made sense (because they didn't). :/
Off we go into the wild blue yonder, Happy birthday USAF!
Off they go into the 5 star hotel, they're the ones who get all the cash. All their brass swiping the other branches funding, making sure they're living first class. Army, Marines,and the Navy living in sub-standard quarters Crappy food in their mess halls. We'll they won't share cause they don't care it's money for the US Air Force!
I remember in 1989 when I was in 7th Grade at Donovan High School the Illinois Chanute Air Force Band came to our school. What a Rock Concert. Us kids couldn’t believe what we were hearing. We though it was going to be like any other high school band. My Principle surprised us. What a Day. Lasting memories👍👍👍🇺🇸