Honor Flight Chicago

10/09/2026

On Wednesday, 39 Veterans were given the Honor Flight Chicago experience at home during our Operation Eagles Landing at Cantigny Park. Check out some of our best images from the day ⬇️

10/08/2026

Our thanks to ABC 7 Chicago for coming out to Operation Eagles Landing yesterday!

For some veterans, traveling to Washington, D.C., to visit memorials honoring their service is no longer possible. Honor Flight Chicago is bringing that experience to them instead as part of "Operation Eagles Landing."

10/08/2026

10/07/2026

Welcome Home for 39 WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War Veterans at our second Operation Eagles Landing Gratitude on the Ground!

10/07/2026

Today is our second-annual Operation Eagles Landing: Gratitude on the Ground at Cantigny Park. This program gives participants whose health or circumstances preclude a trip to D.C. the Honor Flight Chicago experience close to home.

As he does every flight morning, Wayne Messmer opened the festivities patriotically and beautifully with our national anthem!

09/30/2026

A huge thank you to American Legion Post 1983 in Schaumburg for this generous donation! Honor Flight Chicago alumni Commander Les Montage and Tom Zasadil, along with Rudy Hecker, dropped off a donation at our office today!

09/29/2026

SCHEDULE UPDATE!

Due to the incoming remnants of Hurricane Polo, our 2026 Colin Myron Memorial Golf Outing is postponed one week and will now be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, October 8. The current long-range forecast for October 8 shows partly cloudy skies with a high near 70!

All timing and events will remain the same, including the post-round dinner with raffle and silent auction items.

If you were not available to play on the original October 1 date, we still have space for you to sign up and participate on October 8! Information in the first comment.

09/28/2026

NEW PODCAST EPISODE!

Ed Bales was a top-secret crypto officer aboard the USS Beale, patrolling the Caribbean in the early 1960s. Not only did his ship serve as an es**rt for the merchant freighter Houston during the Bay of Pigs invasion, the Beale also participated in the Cuban Missile Crisis blockade. In one particular incident during that blockage, the Beale dropped a depth charge on a Russian submarine that brought the world as close to nuclear war as it has ever been. Bales tells the story in this must-listen episode! Link in first comment.

09/28/2026

Over the weekend, several of our volunteers walked in a Hines VA Hospital parade to kick off their Adaptive Games Expo, then volunteered to help veterans with disabilities as they participated. They had demonstrations and competition all morning long, and it was our privilege to assist!

09/24/2026

Jack Parr's son, Kevin, dropped him off at Chicago Midway International Airport Wednesday morning for . Kevin, a Southwest Airlines Captain, told his Dad he also had to be at the airport for "training." Surprise! Kevin was actually our outbound pilot flying. Watch the surprise unfold: