Air Force launches 'BlueTube' site for online videos Published Oct. 6, 2008 By Staff Sgt. J.G. Buzanowski Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- When you get an interesting or funny Air Force video in your e-mail, do you ever send it out to family, friends and co-workers? Now the Air Force has its own channel, called AirForceBlueTube, for those videos on the popular video-sharing site YouTube.com. "We wanted to have a one-stop shop to host those interesting or compelling clips people were making and sharing about the Air Force," said Paul Bove, the site administrator for AirForceBlueTube. "The site is a great way to share them with relatives, friends and co-workers. It also provides a new way to tell the Air Force story to the public." Because videos are often large they can eat up a lot of valuable bandwidth, especially when they get forwarded to others, Mr. Bove said. "But on AirForceBlueTube, we can post informative, humorous or exciting videos without affecting Department of Defense bandwidth. With AirForceBlueTube, all people have to do is e-mail the link," Mr. Bove said. Because YouTube.com content is extracurricular in nature and typically not work-related, people will have to send the link to another e-mail address to view the videos on a computer that is not part of a DOD network, Mr. Bove said. If there is demand for a particularly compelling Air Force-related video, it can be converted to a viewable format and posted to the public affairs community of practice, or CoP, for viewing by all. So how do people get their videos posted? "If anyone has a video they'd like to share with other people, all they have to do is send it to our office. If it's compelling, informative or funny without being unprofessional, we'll post it," Mr. Bove said. "Right now we have everything from recent events like Hurricane Gustav and the America Supports You Freedom Walk, to videos from Air Force Link and even some weapon systems video." Videos are subject to approval before they're posted based on the guidelines of the host site and Air Force New Media. AirForceBlueTube can handle videos up to 100 MB and about 10 minutes a piece. Videos fewer than 10 MB can be e-mailed directly to the site manager at AFBlueTube@pentagon.af.mil, or afbluetube@gmail.com. If a file is too large, anyone can mail a disc with the video to: Air Force Public Affairs Agency ATTN: AFBlueTube Manager 901 N. Stuart St. Ste. 605 Arlington, VA 22203-1821 AirForceBlueTube can be found at www.YouTube.com/AFBlueTube.