Photo by Senior Airman Madeline Herzog | 48th Fighter Wing | 08.24.2021
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Erickson, U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band drum major, guides a three nation marching band down Khreschatyk Street to the Maidan during Ukraine’s Independence Day parade Aug. 24, 2021. Erickson was given five days to help the 120 multinational band perform and march with little-to-no errors during one of Ukraine’s largest events with over 1 million people......
Photo by Senior Airman Madeline Herzog | 48th Fighter Wing | 08.24.2021
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Erickson, U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band drum major, guides a three nation marching band down Khreschatyk Street to the Maidan during Ukraine’s Independence Day parade Aug. 24, 2021. Erickson was given five days to help the 120 multinational band perform and march with little-to-no errors during one of Ukraine’s largest events with over 1 million people......
Photo by Senior Airman Madeline Herzog | 48th Fighter Wing | 08.24.2021
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Cristina M. Moore Urrutia, U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band commander, salutes the reviewing stand during the Independence Day parade at Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 24, 2021. The USAFE Band was part of a multinational formation in conjunction with the National Presidential Orchestra of Ukraine and the British Army Band Colchester during Ukraine’s independence celebration. (U.S.......
Photo by Senior Airman Madeline Herzog | 48th Fighter Wing | 08.24.2021
Ukrainian military aircraft flyover the Independence Day parade at Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 24, 2021. The 30th celebration of independence included aircraft flyovers and a parade of military units, vehicles and bands moving past the Maidan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Madeline Herzog)...
Photo by Senior Airman Madeline Herzog | 48th Fighter Wing | 08.24.2021
The U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band, the National Presidential Orchestra of Ukraine and the British Army Band Colchester march together during Ukraine’s Independence Day parade at Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 24, 2021. Independence Day is the main state holiday in modern Ukraine, celebrated in commemoration of the Declaration of Independence in 1991. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Madeline Herzog)...
Photo by Senior Airman Madeline Herzog | 48th Fighter Wing | 08.24.2021
A Ukrainian woman cheers to the military unit marching by her during the Independence Day parade at Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 24, 2021. During the celebration there was an aircraft flyover and a parade of military units, vehicles and bands moving past the Maidan, to celebrate 30 years of independence. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Madeline Herzog)...
Photo by Senior Airman Madeline Herzog | 48th Fighter Wing | 08.24.2021
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Erickson, U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band drum major, watches military units march by during the Independence Day parade at Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 24, 2021. Erickson led the formation during the final parade, when the USAFE Band, the National Presidential Orchestra of Ukraine and the British Army Band Colchester performed as a cohesive unit. (U.S. Air Force photo......
Photo by Senior Airman Madeline Herzog | 48th Fighter Wing | 08.24.2021
Ukrainian women sing along to their national anthem during the Independence Day parade at Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 24, 2021. During the celebration there was an aircraft flyover and a parade of military units, vehicles and bands moving past the Maidan, to celebrate 30 years of independence. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Madeline Herzog)...
