NEWS
Highlights from our 126th flight
The 2025 season is complete! Thanks to the selfless efforts of our more than one thousand volunteers, Honor Flight Chicago successfully brought 779 senior war heroes to Washington, D.C., across seven flights this year.
Walter ‘Bud’ Guest: G.I. Bill Means No Bills
Walter “Bud” Guest was born in Philadelphia. After graduation from high school Bud was encouraged by one of his teachers to apply to the US Coast Guard Academy. He was accepted in 1968, right out of high school, with a full scholarship to attend the Academy.
William Blair: Max the Medic
William Maxie Blair, who goes by Max, grew up on the south side of Chicago in the Englewood neighborhood. He has a younger brother who also served in the Army during Vietnam. Both brothers will be traveling together with Honor Flight Chicago in October.
PODCAST: HONOR. THANK. INSPIRE.
Honor. Thank. Inspire. is a new Podcast from Honor Flight Chicago where we sit down with our senior war heroes and hear — in their own words — their experiences in service to our nation. Hosted by long-time ABC 7 Chicago reporter and HFC board member Paul Meincke, Honor. Thank. Inspire. captures living history via first-person accounts of war from the actual men and women who served and sacrificed.
Subscribe to the podcast on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, Spotify, Pandora, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
HONORING OUR HEROES
HFC veterans by service
HONOR FLIGHT CHICAGO GIFT SHOP
Honor Flight Chicago is proud to launch a new online gift shop in partnership with industry leader IAS Branding out of Wheeling, Illinois. The new shop features an array of new apparel, headwear, and accessory offerings to show your Honor Flight Chicago pride while at the same time supporting our mission. Traditional favorites like our challenge coins, patches and pins remain available, while other legacy items will be available at closeout prices while supplies last. Since 1995, IAS Branding has led the industry in branded apparel and promotional merchandise, servicing corporate and athletic partners.
