Flight #55 – May 5, 2026
THIS FLIGHT WAS FUNDED BY:
Incredible Bank Honoring Ronald H. Nicklaus
80 Veterans (77 Vietnam, 2 Korea & 1 WWII)
Veteran Roster & Cards/Letters are at the bottom of this page
5,295 TOTAL VETERANS FLOWN ON FLIGHTS I-55, 2010-2026; (1,049 WWII; 1,272 KOREA; & 2,974 VIETNAM). TOTAL GUARDIANS FLOWN ON FLIGHTS I-55 (2010-2025) 3,340
Click here for Mission 55’s Photos
(Thanks to these photographers Stacy Literski, Tanya Otto & Joel Langdon)
Instructions to download photos: click on photo you want (at some point you will be asked for your email), bottom left is a “heart” and “download arrow”. The heart will put the photo in your personal photo album. The download arrow will allow you to save the photo to your computer, just follow the screen instructions.
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Ask your grandchildren to help you!
We promised to paint your name on the plane! We just didn’t say which plane.
The NFHF volunteers 1st time as the Honor Guard at the banquet.
Flags of our hero’s ceremony honoring Ronald H. Nicklaus
Donald Sleeter, WWII Iwo Jima survivor
Our flight crew & Ken watching our plane being towed, at Reagan, just before the tow bar broke!
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The Marines of Mission 55. WWII Don Sleeter (Iwo Jima survivor), in the Honor Chair!
Thank You Cards, Letters & Emails
Honoring Vietnam era veteran Mark Leonhard Mission #55 May 5, 2026
Honoring Vietnam era veteran Tom Schmitt Mission #25 September 12, 2016
Wilderneww Sportsman Club, Wood County
Norman and Sharon McNew Revokable Trust
Ed from Mission #51 April 2025
Honoring AMVETS auxiliary Post 50 honoring Price County veterans
Honoring Korea era veterans Roger Zeihen Mission #40 October 22, 2012