Local Veterans on the Next Never Forgotten Honor Flight Monday, September 21st

Tuesday, September 15th, 2026 -- 3:00 PM

The Never Forgotten Honor Flight organization based in Wausau will fly 93 veterans, 85 Vietnam and 8 Korea era veterans, from central and northern Wisconsin to Washington, D.C. to see the memorials that honor their service on Monday, September 21st.

It’s the organization’s 57th flight since the first Never Forgotten Honor Flight took place April 4, 2010. Those on the trip include veterans from Neillsville, Granton, Willard, Thorp, Abbotsford, Colby, Marshfield, Stratford, Medford, and Wisconsin Rapids.

78 guardians will accompany these vets on the one-day round trip that departs Central Wisconsin Airport at 6:30 a.m. and is scheduled to return at approximately 10 p.m. The public is invited to the Central Wisconsin Airport to welcome the veterans home Monday night, and Honor Flight officials recommend arriving no later than 8:30 p.m.

Free parking for those welcoming these veterans home will be provided. Never Forgotten Honor Flight (NFHF) veteran alumni are encouraged to wear their NFHF-issued clothing (hat, shirt or windbreaker) for the welcome home ceremony.

After Monday’s trip, the Never Forgotten Honor Flight will have flown 5,482 veterans to Washington, D.C. All veterans that served prior to 7 May 1975 are encouraged to submit an application (via our website, or by calling 715.573.8532).

The only criteria for veterans to qualify for the Never Forgotten Honor Flight, is to have served (active duty, reserves or national guard) prior to 7 May 1975, regardless of WHERE they served.

Feel free to contact us with questions and/or comments.