USAF Academy


Other Names:US Air Force Academy Enlisted

Washington, DC United States
Founded: 1949

Inactive Military
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Position 200+ indicates Division II, Position 300+ indicates Division III, Position 400+ indicates Mini Corps.

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THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS 
Bolling AFB, Washington, DC
1949 - 1964

The USAF Drum and Bugle Corps was formed in the fall of 1949 at the urging of AF General Sidney “Rosie” Grubbs. The Corps was assigned to Bolling AFB, Washington, DC. In the beginning, the Corps was without musical instruments, and was considered part of an Air Police Squadron. By 1951 the Corps had been made part of the USAF Band Squadron, was performing in places like Yankee Stadium. During the Corps’ best years, arguably 1953 - 1963, they played half-time shows at every major bowl game, Rose, Orange, Sugar, Gator, and Cotton; traveled to four continents, Africa, Asia, Europe, and North Africa; performed in eighteen different countries, from Libya to French Morocco, from Korea to Japan, and across much of Europe and the US. In fact, the Corps also played in 38 states and two territories, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.

Despite the limited number of years of its existence, the Corps has more inductees, fifteen, in the World Drum Corps Hall of Fame than not only any military corps, but any other drum corps.

Submitted by Bob Zarfoss, September 2017

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CORPS 12 items

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1968 USAF Academy Drum & Bugle Corps -"Fanfare For The New" Part 1 from the Roy Perez Collection
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1962 USAF Washington D.C. Drum and Bugle Corps- Stars and Stripes from the Roy Perez Collection
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1968 Air Force Academy Drum & Bugle Corps "March of the Olympians" @ Stockton Standstill from the Roy Perez Collection
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1968 USAF Academy Drum & Bugle Corps "The Joker" Stockton Ca Performance from the Roy Perez Collection
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1968 Air Force Academy "Those Magnificent Men and Thier Flying Machines @ Stockton Ca. from the Roy Perez Collection
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1967 USAF Academy Drum & Bugle Corp @ Festival of Music-Anaheim Ca. from the Roy Perez Collection
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1971 Air Force Academy Drum & Bugle Corps "Patriotic Medley" from the Roy Perez Collection
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1968 Air Force Academy Drum & Bugle "Mas Que Nada" @ Stockton Ca. AUDIO ONLY from the Roy Perez Collection
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1971-72 Air Force Academy audio only Rehearsal from the Roy Perez Collection
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1973 USAF Academy Drum & Bugle Corps - Jesus Christ Superstar from the Roy Perez Collection
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1971 Air Force Academy Drum & Bugle Corps- "Peanut Vendor" from the Roy Perez Collection
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1971 USAF Drum And Bugle Corps "Get It On" from the Roy Perez Collection

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