Honor Flight CAK

We will be taking our first full flight of vets this tomorrow, Saturday May 8 to Washington D.C. to see their memorial and many others too.  We will have 114 WWII vets and 68 guardians.  Our two oldest vets are 95!

Click here for a list of names -  you will notice that we take vets from all over our surrounding area.  We have many parent/siblings going as a guardian.

We will leave out of Akron Canton Airport at 0800, arrive at Reagan National at 0910 to a welcome they will always remember!  Many folks volunteer at CAK and DC, just to make this day so special for our WWII vets!  Lots of High Fives go to all the volunteer staff at Honor Flight CAK.  They spend many, many hours to prepare for each trip.

In DC, we will visit the WWII Memorial as well as others (FDR, Iwo Jima, Vietnam, Korean, Lincoln).  We will depart Reagan at 1900 (7:00 pm) and arrive back home at 2017 (8:17 pm).

Please welcome them home at Akron Canton Airport! Cheers and tears, handshakes, flags are part of a welcome you will be glad you attended! As one veteran mentioned on our last trip, “The best part of the trip is the Welcome in DC and the Welcome Home at Akron Canton. The rest is just icing on the cake!”  Let’s do it again this trip!

In conjunction with their new mini-series, The Pacific, HBO teamed up with the Honor Flight Network and sponsored their own flight to Washington D.C.!

Honor Flight CAK along with Honor Flights from Boston, Chicago, New York, Orlando, Baltimore and Philadelphia will join forces with HBO during our March 10th flight to Washington D.C.

HBO, in partnership with American Airlines and Marriott Hotels & Resorts, is sponsoring a special slate of Honor Flights, timed to the March 14 premiere of The Pacific. The epic, 10-part miniseries is based on the true stories of WWII Marines who fought in the Pacific Theater.

American Airlines will provide air travel for the veterans and escorts on its special yellow-ribbon 737 aircraft. HBO and Marriott Hotels & Resorts will provide accommodations at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA and will host special events in support of the initiative.

On March 11 veterans will be taken to the WWII Memorial at the National Mall. They will be joined by HBO, American Airlines and Marriott executives, and members of Congress serving these veterans’ constituencies.

Click here to read the official Press Release from HBO.