High Flight was written by Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee, Jr. (1922-1941). 
He was an American/British fighter pilot in World War II who went to England,
flew Spitfires with the No. 412 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF),
and was killed at age 19 on December 11, 1941. 

Photo courtesy of R. Medley Gatewood. 
It was taken by "Big D" Simmonds and enhanced by Wally Mason.
This photo of two F-100 Super Supers appeared on the back cover of
The Intake, the Journal of The Super Sabre Society. 
Music by the  Band of the USAF Reserve.

The US Air Force Hymn
A Tribute to my Friends

"No one..."  
The most important message
           that can ever enter the mind of man.              

No one, a meditation
No one, a hymn
Still the Noblest Calling
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