05/21/2026
Honor Flight Chicago Flight 128 : 5/202016
32 sailors from Naval Station Great Lakes singing Anchor’s Aweigh while marching in to the gate to welcome home and es**rt
116 veteran heroes who flew on today’s Honor Flight.
3 from Korean War
113 from Vietnam War
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The youngest vet on today’s flight is 69, oldest 97, average age 79.
The flight consists of 113 Males, and 3 Females.
On todays flight there are
7 Combat Infantries, 1 Expert Infantry, 1 Combat Medic, 1 Marine Fleet Force Medic, 2 Navy Corpsmen, 1 Dolphin (sub), 2 Airborne Wings, 1 Master Aviator, 1 Marine Corps Combat Air, 1 Air Force Combat Crew, 1 Navy Aviator, and 2 Aviator Crew Wings,
2 Bronze Star with Valor, 1 Bronze Star Oak Leaf Cluster, 5 Bronze Star, 4 Purple Hearts, 1 Navy Achievement with Valor, and 4 Air Medal recipients on today’s flight.
62 Army, 13 Marine Corps, 23 Navy, and 18 Air Force heroes.
To date, since the first flight in June, 2008, has Flown a total of 12,436 heroes.
6,357 from WWII
2,289 from Korean War
3,790 from Vietnam War.
Every year, Honor Flight Chicago flies hundreds of veteran heroes to Washington D.C. to see the memorials erected in their honor. They are treated with a full day of the honor and respect they deserve! Our heroes arrived at at 3:30am today. It’s been a very long day for many of them. But here to cheer them on and begin their much deserved welcome home and they will be greeted by the cheers of 32 sailors at the gate, a pipe and drum band, the Frankfort Brass Band, and thousands of patiently waiting family and friends in baggage claim.
To learn more about Honor Flight Chicago, or to sign your hero up for a future flight, visit https://www.honorflightchicago.org. To find an Honor Flight near you (more than 120 hubs around the country), visit https://www.honorflight.org.
