Local Veterans on the Next Never Forgotten Honor Flight on Monday, October 26th

Tuesday, October 20th, 2026 -- 4:00 PM

The Never Forgotten Honor Flight organization based in Wausau will fly 98 veterans: 96 Vietnam, 1 WWII (101 years old) and 1 Korea era veterans from central and northern Wisconsin to Washington, D.C. to see the memorials that honor their service on Monday, October 26, 2525.

It’s the organization’s 58th flight since the first Never Forgotten Honor Flight took place April 4, 2010. There will be veterans from Chili, Neillsville, Thorp, Withee, Marshfield, Dorchester, Medford, and Wisconsin Rapids.

74 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 (CWA) 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.

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