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History of the United States Air Force and the Air Force Hymn
On September 18, 1947, the National Security Act of 1947 created the National Military Establishment and the United States Air Force. The National Military Establishment later became the Department of Defense. The Air Force was part of the Army Air Corps since August 1, 1907. It had the oversight of military aviation for land-based operations.
The organizational development of the Air Force is as follows: Aeronautical Division, Signal Corps (1 August 1907 18 July 1914), Aviation Section, Signal Corps (18 July 1914 20 May 1918), Division of Military Aeronautics (20 May 1918 24 May 1918), Air Service, U.S. Army (24 May 1918 2 July 1926), U.S. Army Air Corps (2 July 1926 20 June 1941), the U.S. Army Air Forces (20 June 1941 17 September 1947), and the United States Air Force, 18 September 1947 present), and the separation of the United States Air Force Space Command as the United States Space Force (20 December 2019 present).
The Air Force has been involved in World War 1, World War II, the Cold War and the Korean conflict, the Vietnam conflict, combat operations such as Operation Eagle Claw, the invasion of Grenada (1983), the bombing of Libya (1986), the invasion of Panama (1989), Operation Desert Storm, the Gulf War, Bosnia and Kosovo, the Global War on Terror, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Mary Christian Dundas Hamilton (24 May 1850 - 10 June 1943) was a Scottish writer and poet. She is known for writing A Hymn for Aviators (1915). It was known as Lord, Guard and Guide the Men Who Fly, and also as the United States Air Force Hymn. It was set to Mozart's Dona Nobis Pacem, a waltz. Various phrases and verses were used in the United States Navy Hymn, Eternal Father, Strong to Save, and alluded to in the United States Space Force Hymn, Creator of the Universe.
Former Air Force Captain James F. Linzey, who wrote the United States Space Force Hymn, noted throughout his tenure in the Air Force as a chaplain, that there was a slight error in the timing of the Air Force Hymn. The timing of the music made it a waltz. Linzey believed that it should be corrected. So he converted the timing of Mozarts piece to four-four timing, giving the Air Force Hymn a traditional timing that is fit for a military hymn of this stature.
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