-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Maureen Powers, of Fort Dodge, was among the many volunteers who helped get the veterans safely onto their aircraft Saturday morning for the Brushy Creek Area Honor flight to Washington D.C.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
John Priester, of Swea City, gets a hug from his grandson, Talan Priester, as he prepares to board the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight for Washington D.C. Saturday morning at the Fort Dodge Regional Airport.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Diane Schutt, of Clarion, is all smiles Saturday morning as she helps send off the veterans taking the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight to Washington D.C. at the Fort Dodge Regional Airport. Schutt was there for her friends Larry and Raynee Delano.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Volunteer Jim Flaherty, of Fort Dodge, right, helps veteran Ray Kraus, of Carroll, get the right boarding pass Saturday morning as the veterans prepare to board the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight. The organization, including it’s board, is staffed entirely by volunteers.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Veterans take their seats Saturday morning as they prepare to depart on the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight from the Fort Dodge Regional Airport.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Family and friends wait in the Fort Dodge Regional Airport’s terminal to watch the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight’s takeoff Saturday morning.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Rev. Al Henderson, chaplain for the Fort Dodge Police, Webster County Sheriff’s, Fort Dodge Fire Department and Iowa State Patrol District 7 boards the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight Saturday morning to bless the flight before their departure from the Fort Dodge Regional Airport.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Navy veteran Carroll Olson, of Okoboji, poses for a picture with his partner Marilyn Point as he prepares to depart from the Fort Dodge Regional Airport Saturday morning for the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight to Washington D.C.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
With the sky still dark, veterans board the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight to Washington D.C. Saturday morning at the Fort Dodge Regional Airport
-Messenger photo by Joe Sutter
The Rev. Al Henderson gives a prayer before the 140-plus veterans take off Saturday morning.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
With the first light of dawn just over the horizon, the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight takes off Saturday morning from the Fort Dodge Regional Airport for Washington D.C.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
With the first light of dawn just over the horizon, the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight takes off Saturday morning from the Fort Dodge Regional Airport for Washington D.C.
-Messenger photo illustration by Joe Sutter
A large crowd fills Dulles Airport to welcome the veterans of the Brushy Creek Area Honor flight Saturday.
-Messenger photo by Joe Sutter
Navy Veteran Jimmy Belken, of Alden, shakes hands with Terri Matus as the Reston Raiders hocky team of Reston, Virginia as the Honor Flight veterans arrive to a rousing welcome at Dulles Airport.
-Messenger photo by Joe Sutter
Doyle Fry, Navy Veteran, is greeted by Terri Matus, Ella Smith and the Reston Raiders hocky team at Dulles Airport, as the Honor Flight veterans were treated to a welcome by hundreds of volunteers.
-Messenger photo by Joe Sutter
James Kisner, left, and Roger Leerar recieve thank-you letters from Dalija Dulaney, 9, of the American Heritage Girls Virginia Troop 122.
-Messenger photo by Joe Sutter
Gail Greenberg of the Honor Flight network gives a hug to Roger Leerar as hundreds of volunteers welcome the Iowa veterans to Dulles airport Saturday morning.
