{"id":28394,"date":"2026-01-22T09:27:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=28394"},"modified":"2026-01-22T10:39:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:39:37","slug":"land-of-lincoln-honor-flight-accepting-veterans-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/28394-land-of-lincoln-honor-flight-accepting-veterans-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Land of Lincoln Honor Flight Accepting Veterans&#8217; Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Land of Lincoln Honor Flight is accepting applications from World War II, Korean Era, and Vietnam Era veterans for the 2026 flying season.\u00a0 Veterans who served any time between 1942 and May 7, 1975 \u2013 regardless of their duty assignment or where they were assigned for duty &#8211; are eligible to participate in an Honor Flight.<\/p>\n<p>These veterans will experience a well-deserved day of gratitude by visiting the memorials in Washington D.C. dedicated to their heroic service.<\/p>\n<p>This one-day flight from Springfield, Illinois, is provided free to the Veteran.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran and Guardian Applications are available from the Land of Lincoln Honor Flight website (<a href=\"http:\/\/landoflincolnhonorflight.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">landoflincolnhonorflight.org<\/a>) or by emailing to:\u00a0 JMB4604@AOL.COM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Land of Lincoln Honor Flight is accepting applications from World War II, Korean Era, and Vietnam Era veterans for the 2026 flying season.\u00a0 Veterans who served any time between 1942 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Land of Lincoln Honor Flight Accepting Veterans&#039; 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