More than 150 veterans from across north-central and northwest Iowa will be taking part in an Honor Flight this weekend to see a host of memorials in Washington D-C. Ron Newsum, an organizer with the Brushy Creek Honor Flight Chapter, says there’s a pleasant surprise in some of the numbers.
The chartered 737 will fly out of the Fort Dodge Regional Airport early Saturday, arriving in the nation’s capital around 10 A-M, and three motorcoaches will whisk the group around.
They’ll witness a Changing of the Guard ceremony and later will drive by the Pentagon and see the Air Force and Iwo Jima monuments before heading to the airport. They should be back in Fort Dodge by 10:30 that night.
The total cost is around $100,000, all of which came from donations. Another Honor Flight is scheduled for September 16th.
