What is your organization’s mission statement?

Our mission is to HONOR our nation’s senior veterans with a trip to Washington DC to visit their war memorials at no cost to them. We want them SHARE their stories for the benefit of future generations and CELEBRATE their homecoming, affirming their allegiance and service to our country.

What population do you serve?

Honor Flight Columbus accepts applications from America’s Senior Veterans: Currently, these are the men and women, age 65 and over, who served at least one day of FULL TIME active duty (outside of any basic training/boot camp and initial training). Veterans with combined active duty and guard/reserve service of over 20 years are also eligible. For scheduling, top priority is given to WWII, Korea and terminally ill veterans. We proudly serve Veterans in all 40 counties of our territory as well as any eligible Veteran who can get themselves to the CMH airport.

How many do you serve in a year?

We serve 750-800 veterans a year