1957 New Song Salutes Air Force Blue

[@edwardmckinney2542]

I was 5 years old when this song came out and I was hooked. I knew at 5 years I had to be an Air Force pilot and I had to fly the B-52. My parents would take me to Carswell to watch the B-52s fly--I told my parents all the time that I would fly the B-52 at Carswell one day and "The Big Guy Above" allowed me to realize my dream. I will always be eternally grateful for the career I was given. Becoming a pilot, a squadron commander, and a full colonel started with this song.

[@shaggydogg3786]

As a child growing up in the early 1960’s we actually learned this song in music class..Always proud to be an American.

[@copper2150]

Oh how I remember those days and a strong minded four star general by the name of Curtis Lamay.

[@shoofly529]

He was the 1st to authorize the M16 for the AF troops

[@PipeSergeant54]

I served proudly for 22 years, 1972-1994!

[@texas2step266]

Thanks! My dad, may he rest in peace, served for 20 years, 1954 - 1974.

[@Nevada_Dan]

21 years active-duty service here -- 1984-2005

[@mdmarko]

21 and some change total, 74-78, 81-98.

[@임도현-r5t]

us chair force blue

[@josemoreno3334]

U.S. Air Force Blue. Love this song. I spent 15 years in the Air Force. 1979 to 1995. Loved it.

[@s.kightlinger1054]

I remember when entering the usaf in 1967, this song "air force blue" was popular tune and we sung it in step in basic training. I always thought that air force blue should of been the official air force song.

[@ralphkern380]

My dad was a USAF recruiter in the 50's... I enlisted 1965...loved this song...San Antonio ...Lackland AFB, Green Monster...and all that...

[@joereyes6942]

I watched this Air Force commercial when I was a kid, got hooked and joined the Air Force. I'm retired with 4 years active duty and 21 years in the Air Guard.

[@robertyoung4202]

Most definitely the Greatest UnOfficial Air Force Song ever!

[@RonGreeneComedian]

Once they integrated the Air Force, this song would have been politically incorrect

[@randymiller3075]

Ever since my late uncle who was in the STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND in the early 1960's and took us to an air show at HOMESTEAD AIR FORCE BASE which was a SAC base at that time I've been a fan of our UNITED STATES AIR FORCE.

[@rsgleason]

Growing up as a kid I can remember seeing them play this at night when the tv stations would log off the air. Back in those days there was only 3 tv networks (long ago).

[@lennyhummel2738]

This usually aired on one of the local Baltimore stations right before sign off around 12:00AM. Yes back then you had to wait till 6:00 the following morning to get reception again. Test pattern was on for 6 straight hours!!! Watched this as a 5 year old on a "Muntz" T.V. Thanks for posting.

[@donaldreaves3533]

First TV station broadcast every Saturday morning, usually 6am, early 60s. I never missed this. Just 6 years old.

[@shoofly529]

Me too!!

[@rupvictoria3017]

It’s awesome how this recruitment video was filmed in Parks Air Force Base in Dublin, California! I’m not that far from that base! Go Air Force!!

[@GONDAINAGONDAINAGOYAN]

I like 2:31 F-86 , F-104, F-100，B-52,B-47，F-102，B-57,F-101，B-66・・・ In the Cold War days there are so many kinds of military aircraft. The history of glory of the United States Air Force

[@IgnoredAdviceProductions]

My left ear enjoyed this.

[@tankeursaguenay1876]

my right ear lol

[@Stond_13]

Right

[@randomjetsergeant9198]

Right, lol.

[@brendan5722]

My right lol

[@IgnoredAdviceProductions]

@Binski 122 stop stalking me ree

[@wdavis6814]

Mitch Miller's chorus was great. America's chorus before we got the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

[@joelt2105]

Wow, how is it that I'd never had heard this before? GO USAF!!

[@junito1957]

in the 60s when the tv station goes off the air for the night they play this everynight

[@thewordkeeper]

I vividly remember this song as a child in the early 60s. I especially remember the first line like it was yesterday; "they took the Blues from the Skies and the pretty girls eyes..."

[@PipeSergeant54]

I also remember this as a recruiting ad during the 1960s.

[@pentameteriamb6196]

Yeah, what a great song. My brother made it all the way to the top of the enlisted USAF rank; my life in the USMC were by far the best days of my life!

[@Flashmikko]

That song just made me more proud to be an American and made me love our armed forces even more! Keep up the work you guys!

[@ioanekirarahu951]

Served from 1979 to 1998. This should be the real "Air Force Song." My favorite part is about the "pretty girl's eyes."

[@clevlandblock]

I remember around the early 60's in Sioux Falls, South Dakota that the local tv station KELO would sometimes sign off at night by playing this video. Then you got the big Indian head test pattern.

[@grantalbrecht7206]

same in Minot, N. Dak. KXMC early memory . sign on too.

[@navyblue82]

Thanks for posting. I've been looking for this Mitch Miller version for years. I also remember it as a TV spot in the early 60s. They used to show it at the station sign-on along with the National Anthem. In the 70's, the TV station gave the 16mm reel to the camera store I worked at in High School to test projectors. I must have seen it 100 times then, but I've haven't seen it in more than 30 years. What a great service song.

[@oscarwildeghost]

1977-2004. Loved this song in the Air Force. You never hear it now as it was deemed offensive because of the "pretty girl's eyes" lyrics.

[@charlesmaples8053]

I use hear this on the radio in 1957-58 while in high school, it sent chills up my spine. After graduation in June 1958 I joined the Air Force and had the most rewarding experience of my life with the exception of marrying my beautiful German wife and raising a family.

[@richardbrimmer429]

Nicely done. You had the stage and instead of spouting off personal fears thru conquests, you gave honor to self, country and wife. You see kiddies, this medium should be only positive content as and for a dose of good. Hard to compose... the bad, so easy!

[@bretwhitmore8855]

I recall an instrumental version of this (with a bit less dated Mitch Miller flourishes) being played during our graduation parade at Lackland. Like so many of the classic Souza marches played that afternoon, it was an easy and very proud song to march to. Despite the stress of having to stand at attention for so long that day, it was one of the proudest in my life. Even so, I still prefer the more classic Air Force Song as the ultimate theme song for my beloved branch. The Air Force was, as they say, 'the best job I ever had." (8 Dec 1981-10 Jul 1996; SAC, USAFE, ATC, ACC).

[@randymiller3075]

Me and my beloved sister's late dad served in the U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES.

[@LabsR1st]

I too am a Army Air Forces daughter! Learned the real Air Force song "nothing can stop the Army Air Corps", not the "US Air Force" ...:)

[@Surfliner450]

1:25 to 1:32 is the most amazing shot of a B-52 I have ever seen

[@paulgerald7682]

My girl friend / wife is of American background . She has blue eyes and blonde hair . I love her ❤️ 💘 dearly . Thank you .She had members of her family that served in the U. S. A. A. F. .

[@malcolmthompson9848]

i played this 45 RPM record every day after kindergarten in 1961. This was the B side. Marine anthem was Side A We sang it on the bus to school.

[@pwnageness]

This song is awesome to PT to! What a pick-me-up!

[@paulgerald7682]

I have not heard this beautiful hymn since the early 1960s . I love this song . Thank you

[@salvadoraguirre3610]

I used to march to this song played by the base band every morning on the way to tech school as we passed a B-36 bomber.

[@teenagerinsac]

WHEN did Chanute EVER play ANY music as troops walked past the B-36 & B-52 we had there?? :) 1977 3354SS 43152 AFSC :)

[@rsgleason]

I remember seeing this when I was in 3rd grade In Topeka at Forbes Air Force Base. Wow, this takes me way back !!!!

[@grantalbrecht4402]

used to wake up to this song north dakota, age 3. also the sign off song late at night, minot, n. dak. never forget it. almost joined.

[@ADR4152011]

Thanks! Much appreciated!!!

[@dahur]

Such an awesome song..!

[@RobertWPaine]

Served in the CT Air National Guard at the same time Dad was in a sister unit in NYANG. Both of us in the old Tactical Air Command. I finally got to be “just like my Dad”!

[@Nicecatholicgirl]

Great video!

[@vnesom]

I sang this as a child....last base we lived on was Langley AFB....

[@Dandy5th]

Go Air Force!

[@wkat950]

Mitch Miller was a master. I wonder if he did some of the radio commercials I've heard on old airchecks.

[@Ragnarr1955]

Woke up every Sunday morning in the early '60s and heard this beautiful, patriotic video playing on one of the Buffalo NY TV stations. The new PC version eliminated the "pretty girl's eyes" from the lyrics, but hopefully Trump will restore the song to its original glory!

[@Labrador54Main]

I like the B-47.

[@hjwyant]

Air Force 1960 to 1964 was just enough for me.

[@langleybryant8641]

1:10 looks extremely retro

[@christianyoung7585]

i love this song

[@jerry0627]

I spent 7 1/2 years in the USAF and never flew on a military aircraft. Oh well, it's still a great song.

[@GrottoBob]

It Looks like a Martin B-57 Canberra medium bomber This model was based on the British Designed, English Electra Canberra

[@maxsmodels]

too cool

[@小坂隆夫]

Go U.S.Navy and U.S.Air Force.!VIVA ENGLAND.I like Great Britain.I like AngloSaxon.Britains and Americans never give up and never never never shall be slaves.God Save The Queen.God Save us All.

[@Rikki0]

@ginjaninja1988 I wonder if when they sing Wild Blue Yonder they now have to sing "atta person, giver it the gun".

[@rexbentley8332]

Genesis 5, 2 He created them male and female and called THEM, MAN

[@Rooster_DT]

I still believe in the need for manned flight. Screw drones and screw the space force

[@britishchickinusa]

Yeah! So glad i served> best part of my life.....

[@raven1121]

they still play the melody at BMT graduation , just no one knows the words

[@rte66byhd]

went to spain on a c-124; the wings do indeed shake.

[@n1014f]

C-124 Globemaster aka Old Shakey

[@langleybryant8641]

This should be the main song for the USAF. Much better than the old Army Air Corps song

[@Trekfan04]

Leave in April for BMT with the Air Force.

[@warplanner8852]

Hope it worked out for you. By now you are probably a TSGT working on MSGT. Goood luck, thanks for your service and hope you make Chief and do 30!

[@jlveer]

I was a medic. I know, the mission is air power/superiority.Unfortunately, people get the idea The AF is nothing but jet jockeys.

[@spartanalex9006]

The USAF should have totally used this as their official march instead of Wild Blue Yonder.

[@barrydavies4786]

We look up to U.S. Air Force Blue!

[@politicallyinaccuratetoast4757]

MIG-15 and MIG-21 pilots: why do I hear boss music

[@MegaCobra14]

Anyone know the plane at 2:17

[@stevenseats523]

B-57

[@Gotobar]

B-57 Canberra

[@donnovicki9771]

The fabulous F86.

[@14575019]

@ginjaninja1988 I know right! Screw their laws. They should worry more about Libya, Gulf of Mexico, Afghanistan, and other of the problems, rather than this fine music!

[@tankeursaguenay1876]

long life to the west ! i hope usa is the best allied of canada

[@christianyoung7585]

What war was this

[@keondricpaigg7375]

Christian Young The Cold War.

[@tankeursaguenay1876]

@@keondricpaigg7375 early cold war , the time of my grandfather

[@keondricpaigg7375]

jab bernard Before my time as an Airmen

[@Rocdog]

Served 1989-1993

[@アリスシン-c9f]

ひろプリのキュアスカイと合いそうw

[@richardbrimmer429]

Horrible transcript... how dare you Miquel, this is real USA basis. This add/psa made me want to go into the US Airforce...however, my inability to handle a roller-coaster led me to being a beer coaster.

[@임도현-r5t]

U.S. CHAIR FORCE BLUE