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"The U.S. Air Force" is the official song of the United States Air Force, adopted in the late 1940s, and is often referred to as "Wild Blue Yonder".
An article about the history of the Air Force song with images and links to related documents.
Known as the Cactus Air Force, the 13th AF served in the South and Southwest Pacific. Visit our 13th Air Force Honor Project with rosters of servicemen who served in the groups of the 13th. Constituted as Thirteenth AF on 14 Dec 1942. Activated in New Caledonia on 13 Jan 1943.
6 Ιουν 2024 · Titled Air Force Airs, nestled in between “L’Armee DC L’Air Corps” and “The Bombardier Song” is the forgotten and virtually unknown song “The Air Commandos.” 3 Composed by Captain W.N. Dekker, written by Colonel Reed G. Landis, and arranged by 1940s bandleader Frankie Carle, the song’s lyrics describe how with “Paratroops ...
Brigadier General H.H. “Hap” Arnold, U.S. Army Air Corps, persuaded his boss, Major General Oscar Westover, chief of Air Corps, that airmen needed a musical expression of their separate identity. How about a song competition with a prize for the winner?
Fly - U.S. Army Air Forces. Stan Ekman, artist, ca. 1942. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. The U.S. Air Force was established as a separate service unit on September 18, 1947, and Air Force cadets eventually found the lyrics to "Off We Go" sewn into their caps.
Evolution of the Air Force Song Note: This exhibit is located in the hallway between the Early Years and World War II Galleries. In 1938 Liberty magazine sponsored a contest for a spirited, enduring musical composition to become the official Army Air Corps song.
