Heartland of America Band Award

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - Staff Sgts. Matt Erickson and Mark Barnette, both with the Heartland of America Band, rehearse inside Bldg. 123 Nov.24. The HOAB, assigned to Air Combat Command, was recently awarded the 2009 Colonel George S. Howard Citation of Musical Excellence for Military Concert Bands. The international award is the highest honor any military concert band can receive. Performing a broad range of musical styles ranging from classic to contemporary, jazz to country and pop to rock, the various components of the band perform more than 450 concerts annually, touring extensively throughout a 680,000 square mile, eight-state area. U.S. Air Force photo by Charles Haymond

PHOTO BY: Charles Haymond
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