Jerry Lujan Honor Flight is a national program that sends military veterans on a free trip to Washington, D.C. It is one way to say thank you to those men and women who set their personal lives aside to go to serve their country. Honor Flight Southern Arizona, Tucson is one of the 125…
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Features, November 2017
Honor Flight SaddleBrooke resident Art Walsh
Jerry Lujan SaddleBrooke resident Art Walsh was one of the 67 WWII and Korean War veterans on board Honor Flight 23 that flew to Washington, D.C. on September 2 and returned on September 4. Art was born and reared in New York City. While 16 years of age, he and some high school friends decided…
Features, October 2017
Honor Flight #23 – Labor of Love
Jerry Lujan Honor Flight No. 23 departed Tucson International Airport at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 2. On board the chartered Southwest flight were 67 military veterans, many with wheelchairs, and their Guardians, of which 20 were University of Arizona students whom themselves were veterans. They were accompanied by six Honor Flight volunteers who would…
Features, March 2017
Honor Flight
Jerry Lujan Are you a military veteran? Have you visited the military memorials in Washington, D.C.? Would you like to visit them? Would you like to visit them in the company of other veterans such as yourself? Would you like to visit them at no cost to yourself? If you have answered “Yes” to any…
Features, October 2016
Honor Flight: The U of A Flight
Jerry Lujan Honor Flight No. 21 departed Tucson on May 21 and returned on May 23. Julian “Gute” Gutierrez and I were there to meet and greet the 24 veterans who flew to Washington D.C. to see their memorials. The flight honored five WWII and 19 Korean veterans. The military services represented were Army –…
Features, October 2016
Honor Flight: What is it?
Jerry Lujan Honor Flight Southern Arizona provides WWII and Korean War veterans the opportunity to see their national memorials in Washington D.C. These are the men and women who availed themselves in a national effort to keep America safe during World War II (1941 – 1946) and the Korean War (1950 – 1955). It is…
Features, May 2016
Honor Flight #19
Jerry Lujan SaddleBrooke resident, Julius “Gute” Gutierrez, was one of 25 military veterans flying to Washington, D.C. on October 17. This is Gute’s military career. In 1952 Gute enlisted in the United States Air Force as an Airman. He was 19 at the time. The next 20 years of Gute’s career were a mixture of…
Features, January 2016
Honor flight #19 October 17-19, 2015
Jerry Lujan SaddleBrooke resident, Julius “Gute” Gutierrez, was one of twenty-five military veterans flying to Washington, D.C on October 17 to see their war memorials. Ten were WWII veterans, 12 were Korean veterans and three were Korea/Vietnam veterans. Gute was one of the three who served during both the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. This Honor…
Features, November 2015
Honor flight
Jerry Lujan The Korean War began 65 years ago in June, 1950. At the time the United Nations called it “A Police Action” but if you ask any soldier, Marine, sailor or airman who fought in it they will tell you it was a war. Korean veterans, you are next up for Honor Flights. If…
Features, November 2015
Honor Flight #19 – 10 WWII, 12 Korean, 3 Korean/Vietnam veterans
Jerry Lujan Departure – October 17 By the time I arrived at the Tucson Airport at 5:05 a.m. on Saturday, October 17, the 25 veterans had already been checked in and were sitting down talking to their well-wishers and getting to know their fellow travelers. The check-in time for the veterans was actually 6:00 a.m.…