Tri-state veterans left CVG on the last Honor Flight of the year
Veterans 65 and older from Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, and southeastern Indiana flew from Hebron on October 27. The free day included the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and a welcome was planned for that night.
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Veterans age 65 and older, and the guardians traveling with them, left Hebron on Tuesday for the last Honor Flight of the year, WKRC reported. They came from Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, and southeastern Indiana. The day at the memorials did not cost the veterans anything. The schedule included the World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War memorials, the Iwo Jima Memorial, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and the U.S. Air Force Memorial.
The send-off began at 5:45 a.m. at CVG's rental-car facility, with bagpipes from the Hamilton County Sheriff's Department. An American Airlines charter was set to depart at 7:40 a.m. and return at 8:35 p.m., and a public welcome was planned for about 9. One veteran told the station the trip was an honor he would not forget, the sort of day a person gets once. Another called it emotional and said it mattered to his family. The report went out that morning, after the departure and before the evening welcome.
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