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  • Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team performs for special needs students

    Though the usual cheering and applause was muted, the excitement was palpable as the Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team took center stage, or center parking lot, to perform for a special audience Nov. 8. The team, in Las Vegas to perform for the Air Force's 60th Anniversary Air Force Week at Nellis

  • Air Force retiree funerals change due to manpower cuts

    Base honor guards across the Air Force will be changing the way they perform retiree funerals starting Nov. 1, due to manpower cuts and high operations tempo, as well as a higher number of retiree funerals than ever in Air Force history. The formal 10-person funeral will no longer be authorized for

  • AF Week Atlanta hosts Drill Team

    The Drill Team joined with other units during the Air Force Week events at high schools in the greater Atlanta area. AF Week is a series of concentrated mission awareness efforts that showcase to communities across the US what the AF brings to the fight --basically it's one big AF event fair.

  • Behind the scenes of the Air Force 60th Anniversary Tattoo

    With each step made in precision, each beat right on, the Air Force Honor Guard and Air Force Band march onto the Air Force Ceremonial Lawn, showcasing the Air Force's Airmen and airpower through a series of marching orders, rifle manuals and foot-stomping music. But the 60th Anniversary Air Force

  • Air Force Honor Guard helps support 60th Anniversary events

    While carrying out their day-to-day mission of laying to rest fallen Airmen in Arlington National Cemetery, the Air Force Honor Guard helped celebrate the Air Force's 60th anniversary Sept. 18, both at the Air Force Memorial and the Pentagon. Though most ceremonial guardsmen were not at the

  • NFL celebrates AF birthday

    Almost 60 years to the day since the United States Air Force became its own service, the United States Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team was sent to help celebrate this anniversary with flair and style. During the tour, dubbed the "Birthday Tour," the drill team performed for members of the entire

  • Inspiration finds AF Drill Team on European tour

    Of the many performances the Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team does every year, each leaves its mark on the members in its own way. Whether it's meeting a retired veteran who is reinspired by a performance, or it's seeing a child who stands up proudly to say, that's what I will do, the job of being a