The Finnish Air Force Big Band is based in Tikkakoski, Jyväskylä, and was established in 1977. It has a long tradition of playing big band music. Air Force Big Band has produced it´s own AALTO concert series in Jyväskylä since year 2008. Concerts have also been brought outside Jyväskylä around Finland featuring variety of star guests from Finland and abroad. The senior conductor of Air Force Big Band is major Juha Ketola.