Badger Honor Flight for WWII Veterans To Depart From Dane County Regional Airport

April 19, 2012
Brent S. McHenry, 608-661-6442 or 608-575-6338
Airport

      

MEDIA ADVISORY 

Badger Honor Flight for WWII Veterans To Depart From Dane County Regional Airport

Madion, WI -An Honor Flight for World War II veterans will depart from Dane County Regional Airport (MSN) on Saturday, April 21, 2012. This flight, which includes more than 90 Wisconsin-area veterans, will depart from Madison on a chartered flight bound for Washington, D.C. for a daylong VIP excursion.
 

The veterans will visit the World War II Memorial as well as other memorials in the Washington, D.C. area. Badger Honor Flight, a Wisconsin organization established to honor World War II veterans, coordinated this flight.
 

Because of financial and physical challenges, this trip presents the only opportunity for many of these men and women to visit the national memorial dedicated to their service and sacrifice.


            WHO:               100 South-central Wisconsin World War II Veterans

            WHAT:             World War II Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.

            WHEN:             Saturday, April 21, 2012

              6:00 a.m.  Welcome and Send-off
              9:15 p.m.  Welcome Home Celebration

            WHERE:          Dane County Regional Airport – Main Terminal – Ground Floor

            HOW:               Media planning to attend should contact Brent McHenry, 608-661-6442