WWII vets take trip of a lifetime
DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - Airman 1st Class Vanessa Baldovino, 7th Component Maintenance Squadron, helps World War II veterans inprocess for “their trip of a lifetime” April 11 at the MGM Elegante hotel as part of a West Texas Honor Flight Network event to Washington D.C. The Honor Flight Network is a non-profit organization created to honor America’s veterans for their sacrifices by transporting these heroes to Washington D.C. to visit and reflect at their memorials at no cost to themselves. Honor Flight trips are made possible through donations; discounts by charter bus companies, airlines, hotels and more; and through volunteers, of which more than 100 were present during this West Texas Honor Flight. (Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert Wollenberg)