Flight of Honor participants in Raleigh, North Carolina are welcomed back by crowds, May 2011.
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.[1][2]
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,[3][4] and passengers are often met by cheering crowds in DC or upon their return flight home.
^Devore, Veronica (11 November 2010). "Honor Flight Program Helps Vets Visit WWII Memorial". PBS NewsHour. Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
^"Mission & Goals". Honor Flight Network. Archived from the original on 3 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
^Carter, Alaina (4 August 2011). "Washington DC: Honor Flight Greeting at DC's airports". TripAdvisor. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
^Borowski, Dave (10 November 2010). "Hugs for heroes: St. Andrew the Apostle students welcome World War II veterans to Dulles Airport". Catholic Herald. Arlington, VA: Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington. Archived from the original on 7 March 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
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