Honor Flight
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Nov 4, 2026
Phil QuigleyGUEST
You know them all.
Phil QuigleyGUEST
She's involved with the Honor Flights of South Alabama, St. Paul's Veterans Day programs.
Phil QuigleyGUEST
I mean, she's a ring of hope.
Phil QuigleyGUEST
It's just amazing when I read their resumes, and we're just lucky to have these type of people here in the South Alabama
Luke FickellGUEST
Yeah, I don't know much.
Luke FickellGUEST
I was very fortunate two years ago to take him on the honor flight.
Luke FickellGUEST
And I don't know if I spoke about that, but that was one of the best days that I've had in a really long time.
Luke FickellGUEST
And that was probably the only time that he has spoken to me a little bit about, you know, some of the things from his time in Vietnam and, you know, being there in Washington, D.C., being there at the wall and some of that.
Sean OwensHOST
Well, I know another really special way that we also honor our veterans and support them is.
Sean OwensHOST
through the Queen City Honor Flight.
Sean OwensHOST
This is something that the Rotary supports, does some funding for being able to support this with, I guess, six veterans and escorts.
Sean OwensHOST
But if you could just explain a little bit more about what the Honor Flight is and what it means and why the Rotary decided to partner with this.
Alec NattGUEST
Sure.
Alec NattGUEST
So last month they had the Flight of Honor on October 10th.
Tom MadsonGUEST
a cheerful, patriotic, rambunctious welcome back.
Tom MadsonGUEST
It was something everybody should take the opportunity to do to honor these veterans.
Jon RobertsHOST
First off, I want to mention this, too.
Jon RobertsHOST
The Honor Flight of North Dakota, Minnesota flies back in tonight.
Jon RobertsHOST
This is a wonderful thing that they do.
Jon RobertsHOST
Don Roberts and his whole crew over there.
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Jon RobertsHOST
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Jon RobertsHOST
All right, we are back on Grand Forks Best Source.
Jon RobertsHOST
Hey, folks, don't forget, welcoming home the Veterans Honor Flight to North Dakota, Minnesota tonight.
Jon RobertsHOST
Here's what's going to happen.
Larry ReidyHOST
Well, it's, you know, the thing is, it's fun.
Larry ReidyHOST
I've always been a big supporter of Honor Flight.
Larry ReidyHOST
I went on Honor Flight five years ago, and I've donated 1,100 books to Honor Flight Tri-State and Honor Flight Columbus this year.
Larry ReidyHOST
Nice.
Larry ReidyHOST
That's good.
Larry ReidyHOST
And I'm going to try to expand that a little bit, I think, next year.
Larry ReidyHOST
I'm going to get a couple of my deep pocket friends, if they want to donate some money to go with it, then I'll donate to them.
Larry ReidyHOST
We'll try and get three or four more honor flights going.
Melissa BeardenHOST
And then, you know, in our church family and our extended family, of course, we have members.
Melissa BeardenHOST
And so our community honors veterans with like honor flights, parades, ceremonies, you know, on the appointed holidays.
Melissa BeardenHOST
We have a nonprofit here in the city.
Melissa BeardenHOST
The city doesn't do it, but the nonprofit does.
Melissa BeardenHOST
And so that's always a fun time for us.
Melissa BeardenHOST
And the girls love to honor our veterans there.
Rachael CulpepperHOST
Oh, and I love Honor Flights.
Rachael CulpepperHOST
Those are like my favorite, all the feels.
speaker_1HOST
But I'm glad he's going to be okay.
speaker_5HOST
And number two, a patriotic surprise for 85 American veterans as their honor flight touchdown in Washington, D.C. Oh, is that
Lee GreenwoodSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
this? It is.
speaker_5HOST
Lee Greenberg surprised them with a rendition of Proud to be an
speaker_5HOST
God bless you.
speaker_5HOST
Yeah, so when the plane landed, he jumped right on there, grabbed the phone, and was able to sing the chorus for his song.
speaker_5HOST
85 veterans coming from northern Indiana for their honor flight.
speaker_5HOST
Who is Lee Greenwood these days? He's
Terrell BrownHOST
115 veterans returned from Washington D.C. after visiting memorials honoring their service.
Terrell BrownHOST
It was the final honor flight Chicago trip of the season.
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Brian ThomasHOST
Station.
Brian ThomasHOST
Hadn't heard from anybody who went to Honor Flight last night.
Brian ThomasHOST
I hope it was a glorious welcome home ceremony for the veterans.
Brian ThomasHOST
A lot of them were Vietnam War veterans and certainly deserved a welcome home.
Brian ThomasHOST
So maybe if you showed up at that, you can give me a call and let me know how it went.
Brian ThomasHOST
I'll just keep my fingers crossed.
Brian ThomasHOST
Nothing but positive news to report and widespread allergy outbreaks, which is usually the case at a welcome home ceremony for Honor Flight Tri-State.
Brian ThomasHOST
Well, here's another one, Chicago Union, Teachers Union.
Isol MartinezCORRESPONDENT
Not so bad this Halloween weekend.
Tonya BabichHOST
The final honor flight trip of Chicago will make its last trip this year, and it's making Chicago proud.
Tonya BabichHOST
Here is your photo from the plane as 108 Vietnam and one Korean War veteran heads to Washington, D.C.
Tonya BabichHOST
They will be touring all sites in the nation's capital before they return tonight.
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