These two songs were recorded for the Air Force in the early '80s by the "Vocal Majority" chorus from Dallas, now the 13-time International Champion Barbershop Chorus in the Barbershop Harmony Society. The Air Force added the video and they were used at Air Force bases worldwide in base theaters at the beginning of each showing of a movie. TV stations across the country picked them up to use as the "sign-off" at the end of the broadcasting day. Today, the chorus still sings "The National Anthem", only with a slightly different arrangement and interpretation. The arrangements were done by Jim Clancy, our longtime director (40 years!) and now the Executive Director. His son Greg now directs the chorus.
I remember watching both of these videos in Arnold Hall at the Academy in the early 1990s. The Academy Staff did a good job of keeping cadets focused on and dreaming about where we were headed during what seemed like four interminable years. The beauty of the Air Force Hymn coupled with aircraft stayed in my memory for over two decades, and years ago prompted me to look it up on TH-cam. I keep the lyrics to the Air Force Hymn by Mary Hamilton on the wall. USAFA graduate and F-16 pilot
yes, me too. this appears after the voice said "we will now conclude our final activation of the emergency alert system with one last playing of the national anthem. may god be with you, and god bless america."
Thanks for posting 👍🏼👍🏼🤗. I remember this sign off as a kid in the 80s. I finally went to visit Mt Roushmore this month and I had a flashback of the F 16 sign off on tv 📺👍🏼. Good memories!
This is my favorite version of our national anthem. Never have I heard it better. Thank you for having this online I'm going to play this anytime anyone says anything about my country, my flag, and my rights! I love America!!!! USA!!!! USA!!!! USA!!!!
Star-Spangled Banner (0:08) : O say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? (America! My home!) Lord, Guard and Guide the Men Who Fly (1:57) : Lord, guard and guide the men who fly, Through the great spaces of the sky; Be with them traversing the air In darkening storms or sunshine fair Aloft in solitudes of space, Uphold them with Thy saving grace. O God, protect the men who fly Thru lonely ways beneath the sky.
I like how the camera shows the plane appearing to be dead upright in the first video when it’s actually in a 30 degree banking turn. Sweet camera work!
+NEPatriot, I accidentally removed your comment. I meant to reply to it and tapped the wrong thing. Sorry. We did the Anthem at sign off, and the Hymn at sign on.
Thank you for the upload. My favorite station sign-off to stay up late for and watch when I was a kid. --- Still struggling with that network affiliate swap WREX did with WTVO 😄
@@AreSheepElectric the CW subchannel in rapid city, sd switches to infomercials at 1:30-2 am . And the Fox channel there switches to infomercials at 3:30-4
This alone shows how far we've moved ourselves from wholesomeness and honor. Honor, being the most important one. Our country has fallen and I don't think we can bring it back. Salute.
One of the major political parties abhors patriotism and would rather focus on correct pronoun usage when addressing/referring to 1% of the population.
*We will now include this Emergency Alert System activation for the final time, by playing our national anthem. God bless you all, god bless the United States of America.*
I give "full, total respect" to every single citizen in the military. Listening to the Air Force Hymn allows me to reflect to those in the Air Force. May God continue to protect those who fly, and may God continue to bless them as well.
The first sign off message is used a lot in EAS Scenarios, wether it be the end of the world, the end of America, or if a tragedy hits America that’s bad enough to change the lives of its citizens.
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I think this is the highest quality version of the Aim High America SSB out there on TH-cam.
Seems to be
still is
basically *Every End of the World EAS Scenarios*
pretty much xd
These two songs were recorded for the Air Force in the early '80s by the "Vocal Majority" chorus from Dallas, now the 13-time International Champion Barbershop Chorus in the Barbershop Harmony Society. The Air Force added the video and they were used at Air Force bases worldwide in base theaters at the beginning of each showing of a movie. TV stations across the country picked them up to use as the "sign-off" at the end of the broadcasting day. Today, the chorus still sings "The National Anthem", only with a slightly different arrangement and interpretation. The arrangements were done by Jim Clancy, our longtime director (40 years!) and now the Executive Director. His son Greg now directs the chorus.
Earth: Exists
Some Weird Thing: Ends World
Earth: Ends
EAS: Its Time For Our National Anthem
USA: Plays Anthem
Hey, Micheal
What up?.
"We now conclude our final activation of the Emergency Alert System, with our national anthem."
IdioticReborn that’s how I got here lol
@@_Dyyl_ same here! :D
@IdioticReborn literally
Yeah that is why I am here
We are all here from the EAS channels lol.
I'm old enough to remember when TV stations signed off, and this was absolutely the best..!!
visually crisp and clean version of the Air Force sign off.
EAS Scenario brought me here
me too!!!
Omg same lol
Same! :D
Same
Same here bro HAH!!!
EAS creators: It’s free real estate
A fun fact about this SSB: It was used before screening in USAF movie theaters, just like in India.
The first one....RISING HEAT
Nah, Black Hole used it first
The second one....ABSOLUTE ZERO
@@bassandtreble6616 y e s
That was from radioactive girl300
This is my favorite TV sign off. I love the national anthem!
The Air Force hymn 1983 film was used by WTVD (Durham, North Carolina).
Wow, was aiming to show my son this and never expected to find the one actually aired in my hometown.
Reminds me of the custom eas warnings. This is amazing. If i ever ended my youtube career, i would play this video.
I wish networks would sign off with the national anthem like this in 2020
God bless America, God please end this pandemic😭😭 🇺🇸
Its gonna take awhile but i will tell you, we will get there soon
I remember watching both of these videos in Arnold Hall at the Academy in the early 1990s. The Academy Staff did a good job of keeping cadets focused on and dreaming about where we were headed during what seemed like four interminable years. The beauty of the Air Force Hymn coupled with aircraft stayed in my memory for over two decades, and years ago prompted me to look it up on TH-cam. I keep the lyrics to the Air Force Hymn by Mary Hamilton on the wall. USAFA graduate and F-16 pilot
And the third one has brought me to tears because I know just how much they protect all of us here.
Gus Polly, I remember WTAE-TV and WPGH-TV (both in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) using the Aim High SSB film.
0:09 - Used for WSBK-TV 38 in Boston in mid-1980s.
and KWRT 13 Texas 2000
I was always a night owl, so I'd see the first 'Aim High America' one on the Rockford channel all the time.
I've seen this in many EAS scenarios
yes, me too. this appears after the voice said "we will now conclude our final activation of the emergency alert system with one last playing of the national anthem. may god be with you, and god bless america."
Love this rendition of this hymn, Just wish I could find the recording. Just love it !!!
Been looking for about 2 hours... nothing from the vocal majority... its like it disappeared
We will be ceasing all programming with one final playing of the national anthem. God Bless You All.
Thanks for posting 👍🏼👍🏼🤗. I remember this sign off as a kid in the 80s. I finally went to visit Mt Roushmore this month and I had a flashback of the F 16 sign off on tv 📺👍🏼. Good memories!
This is the final activation of the emergency alert system
This is my favorite version of our national anthem. Never have I heard it better. Thank you for having this online I'm going to play this anytime anyone says anything about my country, my flag, and my rights! I love America!!!! USA!!!! USA!!!! USA!!!!
This superseded their earlier sign-off (with a Moog rendition of our national anthem).
Then most stations switched over to 24 hours with late night infomercial blocks by the early to mid 90s.
This concludes our broadcast day thanks for watching adult swim
one of the AIM HIGH AIR FORCE national anthems, Channel 5 WOI-TV in Des Moines, Iowa used when they signed off broadcasting for the evening.
G O I N T O P A N I C M O D E
Star-Spangled Banner (0:08) :
O say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
(America! My home!)
Lord, Guard and Guide the Men Who Fly (1:57) :
Lord, guard and guide the men who fly,
Through the great spaces of the sky;
Be with them traversing the air
In darkening storms or sunshine fair
Aloft in solitudes of space,
Uphold them with Thy saving grace.
O God, protect the men who fly
Thru lonely ways beneath the sky.
Thank you
Yeah thanks
It is a lyrics
@@TPSUnit5122 Ummm yeah? It is the lyrics...
@@visayanmissnanny2.076 yes it is
*go into panic mode*
When the world ends
I like how the camera shows the plane appearing to be dead upright in the first video when it’s actually in a 30 degree banking turn. Sweet camera work!
Absolutely glorious!!! God bless America
So glad that I found this by accident. My dad had a cousin who was in the Air Force.
Make me feel Red, White, and Blue all over, God Bless America.
+NEPatriot, I accidentally removed your comment. I meant to reply to it and tapped the wrong thing. Sorry.
We did the Anthem at sign off, and the Hymn at sign on.
How early did you sign on/off in the 80s/90s?
@@Peyethon I think it'd prolly be 12am at sign off and 6am sign on..
@@Peyethon From what i remember, it was generally sign on at 6am (some channels at 5:30am, depending on programming), sign off at 1 or 2am.
Thank you for the upload. My favorite station sign-off to stay up late for and watch when I was a kid.
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Still struggling with that network affiliate swap WREX did with WTVO 😄
@@AreSheepElectric the CW subchannel in rapid city, sd switches to infomercials at 1:30-2 am .
And the Fox channel there switches to infomercials at 3:30-4
I miss this stuff. TV stations signed off when I was a kid in the late 80s and early 90s.
This alone shows how far we've moved ourselves from wholesomeness and honor. Honor, being the most important one. Our country has fallen and I don't think we can bring it back. Salute.
One of the major political parties abhors patriotism and would rather focus on correct pronoun usage when addressing/referring to 1% of the population.
Everytime this song plays, a universe ends
Earth: *ends*
EAS:
Imagine you are watching the tv at night and the last thing you see is an F-16 flying, you know the TV is going off.
I hear this in any EAS scenario about asteroids, the USA falling, planet collisions, etc.
This is the exact National Anthem video that was played at base theaters before the movie began.
The 1000th Subscriber :)
Beautiful
Anyone here from the EAS scenario?
yes, me
I'm here from EAS Scenario EAS Sign Offs
If you see this after the EAS...
*RUN*
Goodbye Go!Animate Animation Broadcasting Corporation
Happy fourth of july everyone!!!
Sadly tv networks no longer do this .
*We will now include this Emergency Alert System activation for the final time, by playing our national anthem. God bless you all, god bless the United States of America.*
Back in 1996 WDRB FOX 41 used this sign off
Two stations in the Mobile, AL/Pensacola, FL area, WALA(NBC/Fox) and WEAR(ABC) used the Aim High America SSB whenever they signed off for the night.
*AMERICAAAAAA MYYYYYY HOOOOOMMMMME*
Earth: *EXPLODES*
They used "Aim high" signoff as late as 1999?
Outstanding
We’ll now conclude the final activation of the Emergency Alert System with the playing of our nation anthem.
Thanks for sharing.
WKRC-TV Sign On July 11, 2014
I give "full, total respect" to every single citizen in the military. Listening to the Air Force Hymn allows me to reflect to those in the Air Force. May God continue to protect those who fly, and may God continue to bless them as well.
The first sign off message is used a lot in EAS Scenarios, wether it be the end of the world, the end of America, or if a tragedy hits America that’s bad enough to change the lives of its citizens.
Most of the time its an XK Class end of the world scenario.
US National Anthem 0:10
Aim High Air Force 1:59
It's from 1984-2015
@@ajcarinomusic6511 it's from 1987-2005
It's from 1984-2015
Aim High Air Force 1:59
AJ Cariño
AJ Cariño
AJ Cariño
GOOOD MORNIN´says uncle Grandpa meanwhile fucks your eardrums with the sound of 4:49 YOU CAN´T FIX THAT??
Redo of the Air Force Hymn with a higher quality audio track: th-cam.com/video/Nv4L--rgAzk/w-d-xo.html
きょうも一日お楽しみしてください
Happy 4th of July Americans
WREX Sign On & Sign Off 3:46 4:52
AJ Cariño
They shouldn't have carved those faces on the side of the mountain.
AIM HIGH
🇺🇸
AMERICA
from UK 🇬🇧
1980s-2010s
0:10
❤😂🎉 classic
Michael A Cain. I credit to NBC.
5:00 TH-cam copyrighted lmao
As I kid I liked the F-16, now I would rather have seen the F-20
Thank you Lord for these Men of Honor and their beautiful voices...God save us and our great President Donald Trump !
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Bro why is 4:47 freaking me the fuck out LOL
Whos here from EAS Scenario
I am obviously
Disney xd 2009-2015
イギリス国歌か
0:26
Let's Go Brandon!
I remember this late at night at sign off time back in the 80’s. 🫡🇺🇸
BN.. BN. TV.. TV. CHANNEL
This is the final activation of the emergency alert system.