ʻO ia ka mea hōʻeuʻeu a me ka mea hoʻokele me ka US Air Force, e pale aku ana i nā pū kaua anti-aircraft Nazi a me ke ola ʻana i kahi ulia i lawe ai i kekahi o nā wāwae o kona hoa.

Kōkua ʻo Honor Flight South Florida i ka lawe ʻana i nā poʻe kahiko kahiko loa o ka lāhui, i lawelawe ma WWII, a me nā hakakā ma Korea a me Vietnam. Hāʻawi ʻia kēia mau koa i ka manawa e kipa aku ai i ko lākou mau hoʻomanaʻo a mahalo i ko lākou ʻāina. I ka wā o nā huakaʻi, hui ka poʻe kahiko i nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo, nā luna koa kahiko a hele i nā huakaʻi kūikawā i ka Arlington National Cemetery, WWII Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial a me ka Marine Corps War Memorial.

Ua lanakila ʻo Stuart Newman, 96, i ke Kaua Honua II, ma ke ʻano he 35 mau mikionale ma ke ʻano he poʻokela a hoʻokele me ka US Air Force.

I ka Pōʻaono, ua hālāwai ʻo ia me nā poʻe koa kahiko o ke Kaua Honua II i ka holo ʻana o ka Hanohano mai Fort Lauderdale a i Wakinekona, DC, nāna i lawe hou iā ia i ka lewa a hoʻomanaʻo paha iā ia i kāna mau lā B-17G Bomber. Ua kipa ʻo ia i nā hale hoʻomanaʻo kaua ma laila, kamaʻilio pū me kona mau hoa ʻāina a hoʻolilo manawa me kona ʻohana.

Ua hoʻi ʻo ia i kahi hoʻokipa o ka meʻe ma Florida. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka hanana o ka lā e Hanohano Hololele Hema Florida.

E hui pū ana ʻo Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE) me Honor Flight South Florida e lawelawe ma ke ʻano he mokulele kūhelu o ka hui ma 2019. I ka makahiki e hiki mai ana, e hoʻolimalima ʻo Spirit i ʻehā mau mokulele hanohano i Wakinekona, DC Ma kahi o 340 ka nui o nā poʻe kahiko e kipa aku i nā hoʻomanaʻo e hoʻohanohano ana i kā lākou lawelawe. a kaumaha aku i ko lakou aina, me ka uku ole ia i kela poe kahiko hanohano.

Ua kākoʻo lōʻihi ʻo Spirit i ka pūʻali koa a me ka poʻe kahiko o ka ʻāina me ka mālama ʻana i kā lākou uku i ka haʻahaʻa. Hāʻawi ʻo Spirit i nā ʻeke manuahi no nā lālā ʻoihana koa hana a ua hui pū me Honor Flight South Florida no kekahi mau mokulele i hala. I kēlā me kēia makahiki, hāʻawi pū ka mokulele i nā haneli o nā mokulele manuahi i nā koa ʻeha a me ko lākou mau ʻohana.

"Haʻaheo mākou e hana pū me Honor Flight South Florida no ke kākoʻo ʻana i kēia mau huakaʻi hoʻolaʻa ʻana o nā poʻe kahiko," wahi a Ted Christie, Pelekikena ʻo Spirit Airlines. "Ua hana nui lākou no ko mākou ʻāina a pono lākou i ka manawa e kipa aku ai i nā hoʻomanaʻo a ʻike i ka hopena o kā lākou mau ʻālana i ke ola o nā ʻAmelika āpau."

"ʻO kēia hui hou ʻana me ka Spirit e ʻae iā Honor Flight South Florida e hiki aku i nā poʻe kahiko kahiko loa o South Florida e hāʻawi iā lākou i ka mea a ka poʻe i kapa ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā lā maikaʻi loa o ko lākou ola," wahi a ka luna HFSF Rick Asper. "ʻO ke kākoʻo lokomaikaʻi o Spirit Airlines, ka mokulele mokulele ʻo South Florida ponoʻī, ʻokoʻa i ka lāhui no ka ʻohana Honor Flight. Ma ka inoa o kēia poʻe koa koa, mahalo mākou iā Spirit. "

ʻO Honor Flight South Florida, Inc., he 501(c)(3) manawaleʻa aloha, i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i nā poʻe kahiko o ko mākou lāhui, ʻo ka mea mua, mai Boca Raton a i Key West, no kā lākou hana no mākou āpau 50 a 75. makahiki aku nei.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

“This new partnership with Spirit will permit Honor Flight South Florida to reach out to far more of South Florida's oldest veterans to give them what many refer to as one of the best days of their lives,” said HFSF Chairman Rick Asper.
“They have done so much for our country and deserve the opportunity to visit the memorials and experience the impact their sacrifices still have on the lives of all Americans.
During the trips, the veterans meet members of Congress, veteran officials and take special trips to Arlington National Cemetery, WWII Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Marine Corps War Memorial.