Ohio honors service members as 100th Honor Flight lands in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Nearly 200 military veterans landed in Columbus after visiting Washington D.C.
The Honor Flight took off on the morning of Oct. 19 to Washington D.C. where the visited memorials honoring the wars they fought in. The veterans returned home to Ohio that night landing at John Glen International Airport.
Honor Flight relies on donations from generous groups and individuals to conduct the flights. The Oct. 19 flight was supported in part by the Davis Foundation.
According to the flight's website, the tentative roster of veterans included those who
- - were awarded the Purple Heart (9 veterans)
- - served as a Navy Corpsman attached to US Marine Corps
- - was Crew Chief on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter
- - served in Vietnam and Ft. Carson as Ballistic Meteorologist
- - was F-4 flightline fighter mechanic
- - served as Atomic Weapons Maintenance Specialist
- - was a Surveyor in an Engineering Battalion
- - served on USS Newport News as Electronics Tech
- - was a Gunner in 105 mm Howitzer
- - served as Pershing Nuclear Missile crewman
- - was a Platoon Sergeant of a rifle platoon
- - trained recruits at Ft. Hood, flew observation along the Czech border
- - handled Top Secret communications for Seal Team
- - was a jet aircraft mechanic with Strategic Air Command
- - kept records at an ammo dump in Louisiana
- - was Plane Captain with Attack Squadron 152 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany
- - served DaNang, combat pilot, psychological warfare 9th SOS
- - was a B-52 Ground Crewmember
- - worked with 497th Port Construction; built port facilities along the coast at Cam Ranh Bay
ABC 6/ FOX 28' s Bob Kendrick emceed the event.
This was the 100th Honor Flight. If you'd like to make a donation to Honor Flight, you can find more information here. Honor Flight does not solicit donations from veterans.