Today (May 3, 2022) marks the 250,000th Veteran Honor Flight Visitor to Washington DC since the program started in 2005.
An Honor Flight is conducted by Non-Profit
Organizations dedicated to transporting as many United States Military Veterans
as possible to see the memorials of the respective war(s) they fought in
Washington, DC, at no cost to the Veterans. These Organizations are focused on
bringing Veterans of World War II to the National World War II Memorial, and
any Veteran with a Terminal Illness, to see the Memorial of the war they fought
in. Organizers plan to "naturally transition" their programs to focus
on Veterans of the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and subsequent Wars as the Veterans
of those wars get older.
Honor flights arrive at all three
of the Washington's area airports: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport,
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, and Washington
Dulles International Airport. The Veterans are generally escorted by Volunteer Guardians,
who help them on the flight and around DC. After landing, the taxiing airplane
may be saluted by fire trucks, and Passengers are often met by cheering crowds
in DC or upon their return flight home.
^ This is an important Program
that every American (young and old) needs to participate in. These Men and
Women risked everything for us and this is the least we can do to honor them. ^
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