About Us
Mission Statement
To honor America's senior veterans with a trip to Washington D.C. to visit the nation's memorials.
To help them share their stories.
To celebrate and affirm their service and homecoming.
Honoring Our Senior Veterans
Honor Flight Columbus is a nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring America’s veterans with a trip to Washington DC to visit their service and war memorials. These trips are free of charge to any qualified veteran. We strive to help veterans share their stories with future generations, as well as celebrate their service to our country with a proper homecoming that many of them never received. With the conclusion of the 2025 Spring Flight Season, we have successfully flown 143 missions that totaled over 10,500 veterans. Our organization is funded entirely by donations from various businesses, foundations, school organizations, and other grateful Americans.
Honor Flight Columbus accepts applications from America’s Senior Veterans: Currently, these are the men and women, age 65 and over, who served FULL TIME active duty (outside of any basic training/boot camp and initial training). Veterans with combined active duty and guard/reserve service of over 20 years and who are 65 years old or older are also eligible. For scheduling, top priority is given to WWII, Korea and terminally ill veterans. We proudly serve Veterans in all 40 counties of our territory as well as any eligible Veteran who can get themselves to the CMH airport.
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Veterans are placed on a waiting list and are booked in the order that we receive their applications. WWII, Korea and terminally ill veterans receive priority and are booked on the first available flight.​
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Our Territory
Adams
Athens
Belmont
Brown
Carroll
Columbiana
Coshocton
Crawford
Delaware
Fairfield​
Franklin
Gallia
Guernsey
Harrison
Highland
Hocking
Holmes
Jackson
Jefferson
Knox​​
Lawrence
Licking
Marion
Meigs
Monroe
Morgan
Morrow
Muskingham
Noble
Perry
Pickaway
Pike
Richland
Ross
Scioto
Tuscarawas
Union
Vinton
Washington
Wyandot
Meet the Team
The Operations Team works together to honor, share, and celebrate every Veteran who takes their Honor Flight with HFC.
Board of Directors & Staff
Founded: 2006
Executive Committee
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Todd Kasper, Chair
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Phil Bronsdon, Vice Chair
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Ezra Escudero, Secretary
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Franz Messner, Treasurer
​Board Members
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Jim Barnett
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Dave Bear
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Jason Black
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Roger Dyer
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Charlotte Harden
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Heidi Hrabcak
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​Michael Schoedinger
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Chrishonda Smith
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Terri Swank
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Jill Taylor
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Bobbi Richards, Emeritus Director
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Bill Richards, Emeritus Director
