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Finnegan Mcdermed, 10, son of U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3, Timothy Mcdermed, general support aviation battalion 5-159, 244th Aviation Brigade, conducts the U.S. Air Force Heritage of America band as they perform at the holiday memories concert at the Christopher Newport University Ferguson Center, Newport News, Virginia, Dec. 5, 2019. Blank conducted the band during the final song of the night. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sarah Dowe)

Dec. 13, 2019

U.S. Air Force Heritage of America band

Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. — Members of the U.S. Air Force Heritage of America band perform a holiday concert at the Christopher Newport University Ferguson Center, Newport News, Virginia, Dec. 5, 2019.

From left, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Burks, 1st Maintenance Squadron precision measurement equipment lab technician, and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Daniel Santos, U.S. Air Force Heritage Band of America guitarist, learn guitar chords at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, July 31, 2018.

Aug. 8, 2018

AF band member offers resiliency with free guitar lessons

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — For people looking to learn guitar without a huge investment, one Airman may have an answer teaching free guitar lessons here, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12-12:30 p.m., to help promote resiliency.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Cale, U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band, Blue Aces NCO in charge, plays guitar while Bobby Wheeler a veteran in the music therapy program plays the fiddle, at Salem Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Salem, Va., Sept. 27, 2016. Wheeler, played instruments most of his life, which made the music therapy program extremely beneficial to him. He had the opportunity to play both the fiddle and the guitar, during an interactive performance with the Blue Aces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kimberly Nagle)

Oct. 11, 2016

Blue Aces, Salem veterans make therapeutic music

SALEM Va. — For the first time a section of the U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band participated in a collaborative music therapy program with veterans at the Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center, here. After nearly a year of planning, the Blue Aces packed up their vans to make the trip to the Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center, to see all of the hard work come into play and begin collaborating with patients at the center.