Happy Birthday, Air Force!

The high flying branch of the U.S. military turns 71 years old today.

By The Stream Published on September 18, 2018

On September 18, 1947, the United States Air Force was officially formed. 

The U.S. military first purchased planes in 1909, just six years after the Wright Brothers had their first successful flight. According to Military.com, the air element of our military existed under a series of distinctions: Aeronautical Section, Signal Corps (1909); Aviation Section, Signal Corps (1914); United States Army Air Service (1918); United States Army Air Corps (1926), and United States Army Air Forces (1941).

The Air Force came into being as a separate and equal branch of the military when President Harry Truman signed the National Security Act. And the Air Force has been flying high ever since.

Enjoy this hard-driving tribute, called “The Warrior Song.”

 

For those with more traditional tastes, here’s a flash mob of the United States Air Force band performing the official Air Force Anthem, “Wild Blue Yonder.”

 

Thank you to all who have served in the Air Force these 71 years!

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