Airmen of Note play in Syracuse.

Originally reported for NCC News on November 15, 2010.

The Airmen of Note, an Air Force Jazz band played Tuesday night in Goldstein Auditorium at Syracuse University. The one night concert was free and open to the public.

The band was created in 1950 to carry on the tradition of Major Glenn Miller's Army Air Corps dance band.

This year the Airmen of Note celebrated 60 years as one of our nation’s most revered musical organizations. They have earned an international reputation as one of the finest bands of its kind in the world. They play to audiences throughout the United States,Europe and Asia, as well as their home in Washington D.C.

One of the Airmen of Note missions is to promote the image of the U.S. Air Force through goodwill. The group’s successful delivery of their recorded music to millions of fans over hundreds of media outlets worldwide is validated by industry measures, including the JazzWeek jazz chart. This also makes it a good requirement tool for the Air Force. Singer Paige Martin sais "We are engage in a recruiting effort, we’re engage in a good will effort, we put a smiling face on it for everybody. We kind of display a patriotism that we see in our audience, I think its a direct reflection of what we bring to them."