Veterans Honor Flight of Southern Illinois completed it’s 16th mission on Monday, May 18, 2026. Planning has already begun for Mission 17 which will fly on Monday, September 14, 2026. Applications for Mission 17 closed on April 30, 2026, although Veterans and Guardians may still apply for future missions. As is always the case, Veterans […]
Veterans Honor Flight of Southern Illinois is calling on the entire community to come out and celebrate 88 local veterans at the Flight #16 Welcome Home Celebration on Monday, May 18, beginning at 5:00 p.m. The free, family-friendly event will be held outdoors in front of the airline terminal at Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois. […]
Board member Evan shares an update regarding Veteran selection for Mission 16.
Veterans Honor Flight of Southern Illinois completed the 15th Honor Flight from Marion, Illinois earlier this month. Since its inception in 2016, Veterans Honor Flight has honored over 1,200 veterans from Southern Illinois and the surrounding communities, but the group isn’t done yet. “We have over 350 Veterans waiting for their turn on Honor Flight,” […]
Where will you be at 5pm on Tuesday, Sept 16th? Hopefully at the Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois to welcome home our Veterans from their day in Washington DC. Event organizers have been working most of the year on the Welcome Home event and want to invite everyone to come out and enjoy the festivities. […]
Veterans Honor Flight of Southern Illinois has achieved a new record of 98.9% donation efficiency. Completely donation funded, Veterans Honor Flight and the Board of Directors have continuously worked to ensure the maximum amount of donated funds goes directly to the Veterans being honored on each Mission. In 2017, the first year of operation, Veterans […]
Where will you be at 5pm on Tuesday, May 6th? Hopefully at the Veterans Airport in Marion to welcome home our Veterans from their day in Washington DC. Event organizers have been working most of the year on the Welcome Home event and want to invite everyone to come out and enjoy the festivities. “The […]
Veterans Honor Flight of Southern Illinois will continue the tradition of a fall mission with Flight 15 on Tuesday, September 16, 2025. Mission 15 is expected to take 87 Veterans and their Guardians to Washington D.C. The group’s 14th Mission is Tuesday, May 6, 2025. “We have been so blessed to be able to continue […]
Gary Nelson of McLeansboro joined the US Army in February of 1968 to serve his country. Eventually deployed to fight in Vietnam, Nelson was honorably discharged in 1971 and returned to McLeansboro. Proud of his service, he applied to fly with Veterans Honor Flight in 2018. Diagnosed with terminal cancer, Nelson was overjoyed in February […]
These photos include Gary Nelson from Mission 12 (May 7, 2024).
