Honor Flight San Diego

05/23/2026

On this Memorial Day weekend, there are many ways and events to remember more than one million military men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice. 🇺🇸

Here's just a few of them.
Many of our HFSD Vets, Guardians, and team will be at Miramar National Cemetery tomorrow at 1 p.m. The keynote speaker is CAPT Steve Shepard, USN, (Ret.) who is often our Saturday night banquet speaker on the Honor Flight. The ceremony includes music by Westwind Brass, a bagpiper, singer, and bugler to play Taps. There will be plenty of parking and golf cart shuttles to assist. It is free to attend and open to the public.

On Monday, we will be Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial for their ceremony at 11 a.m. Organizers have reserved seats for our HFSD Veterans and supporters. The ceremony is open to the public and free to attend.

And, the USS Midway is hosting their legacy week with lots of events onboard the ship.

No matter how you choose to spend your weekend, please remember those who gave their all in defense of our nation, and all the families they left behind. There is a Gold Star Family memorial at Miramar National Cemetery that you can visit and pay tribute to the families of the fallen.

05/14/2026

Are you making plans for Memorial Day weekend? 🇺🇸

We invite you to join us on Sunday, May 24 at 1 p.m. at Miramar National Cemetery for their 15th Annual Memorial Day Ceremony. For those who have been on the Honor Flight, you may recognize this year's keynote speaker - CAPT "Shep" Shepard!

He is flying in from Virginia to deliver a speech about "America 250: A Tribute to Service and Sacrifice." There will also be music Westwind Brass, a trumpeter to play TAPS at the end of the ceremony, and a bagpiper. We have it under good authority that there will be several WWII Veterans in attendance as well!

The ceremony is open to the public and free to attend. There will be plenty of parking on cemetery grounds.

For more information, go to: Miramar National Cemetery Support Foundation page or email: [email protected]

We hope to see you there. Please share this with your networks.

05/08/2026

One of the keys to having successful Honor Flights, is to have amazing media partners to share the stories of our Veterans - stories you can't read about in history books.

On our last flight, we were so blessed to have Dani Miskell from 10News – ABC San Diego KGTV go with us as imbedded media.

She did an incredible job of interviewing our Vets and taking a LOT of footage. She was able to edit the hours of footage into 7 fabulous stories.

Her final story airs tonight in the 4 & 6 pm broadcasts, plus her story from last night airs n the 5 and 7 pm broadcasts!

Please tune in to Channel 10 News today!

If you missed one of the stories, just click below.

ABC 10 pre-trip (Mail Call Angels): https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/honor-flight-san-diego-to-surprise-local-veterans-with-11-000-letters
ABC 10 pre-trip (WWII Veteran CAPT Bill Martin): https://www.10news.com/news/san-diego-honor-flight/98-year-old-navy-veteran-of-three-wars-selected-honor-flight
ABC 10 in air (Mail Call): https://www.10news.com/america-250/veterans-moved-to-tears-by-11-000-letters-during-honor-flight-mail-call
ABC 10 Women’s Memorial: https://www.10news.com/america-250/honor-flight-veterans-inducted-into-military-womens-memorials-records
ABC 10 Vietnam War Veteran https://www.10news.com/america-250/vietnam-veteran-visits-memorial-wall-on-anniversary-of-combat-injury
ABC 10 Korean War Veterans: https://www.10news.com/america-250/two-honor-flight-veterans-reflect-on-wwii-and-korean-war-service

These links and the rest of the media coverage will be in our May newsletter.

Thank you to Dani for all her hard work the past 2 weeks to honor and remember our Veterans by telling their stories! 🇺🇸

Please leave a comment for Dani here as we are sure she's checking our socials!

Bill Martin, a 98-year-old Navy veteran who served in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, is taking an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. this weekend.

05/06/2026

Who's going to the GI Film Festival San Diego?

It is an amazing few days of storytelling and the stories you would not hear about in history books. It kicks off on Wednesday night through Friday night at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park. There's something for everyone!

This year’s three-day festival will feature 15 compelling films that explore service, sacrifice, and the lived experiences of service members and veterans, while also showcasing the creativity of veterans through films that tell stories outside of the military sphere.

Each screening will include a post-film panel discussion, giving audiences the opportunity to hear from filmmakers and engage directly with the stories on screen, including conversations with actors, film subjects, and subject-matter experts.

For more than a decade, the GI Film Festival San Diego has been a time-honored tradition, bringing together service members, veterans, military families and caregivers, filmmakers, history lovers and movie enthusiasts to celebrate the art of military storytelling through film.

Each year, the festival presents a diverse lineup of films that highlight the experiences of service members and veterans, as well as the challenges that often go unseen in the lives of caregivers, spouses, and military children.

To see the full line-up and get tickets, go to:
https://gifilmfestivalsd.org/2026/

05/03/2026

"Welcome Home!"

So very proud to welcome home our 90 heroes! And so very proud to be part of this community. San Diego you showed up to give these Veterans the homeocming they deserved. 🇺🇸

THANK YOU to all who attended, waved American Flags, made posters, and saluted our Veterans. So many happy tears!

Our homecoming support team believe this one was the largest we've ever had. This is patriotism at its finest.

05/03/2026

We are pushing back from BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) enroute to San Diego International Airport with 90 WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War Vets! 🇺🇸

Please join us as we land at 1:15 pm and be there by NOON to Terminal 2 Baggage Claim to give our heroes the homecoming they deserve!

You can't miss us… we’ll be in the Alaska Airlines "Honoring Those Who Serve" plane! ✈️

See you soon!

05/02/2026

On our way to the Friends of the National World War II Memorial.

Fact - We have 1 WWII Veteran on this flight. He's 98 years young and served in WWII, KOrean War, and Vietnam War! 🇺🇸

05/02/2026

For the first time ever, we are going to give you a bird eyes view of what's happening on this end as we navigate the streets of Washington, D.C.

We having incredible Honor Flight Network Tour Guides who volunteer their time to tell us about each of the memorials we visit. This tour guide was the amazing Connie.

We are headed to the National Museum of the United States Navy.

Thank you to our tour guides for all your support of Honor Flight San Diego!

05/02/2026

“Who’s ready to visit the Memorials?”

We are rolling to D.C. for a great day dedicated to our Veterans. 🇺🇸

So incredibly thankful to the Honor Flight Network Brownies who are providing a motorcycle es**rt to Arlington National Cemetery.

First stop…the Military Women's Memorial and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for Changing of the Guard.

05/01/2026

“Welcome to Baltimore!”

Big thank you to Squirefrederick Taylor for meeting us and welcoming our Veterans to Baltimore. 🇺🇸