100-year-old Candy Bomber will take last flight in Utah July 3
Reem Ikram, ABC4
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Photo of Colonel Gail Halverson, aka the Candy Bomber, provided by ABC4. The interview above happened in 2014 on Temple Square in Salt Lake City
ST. GEORGE, Utah (ABC4) – Utah’s standing legacy, Colonel Gail Halverson AKA the “Candy Bomber” will be taking flight for the very last time, this Fourth of July weekend.
On July 3, in partnership with Dixie State University, United We Pledge, Balance of Nature and the KONY Country 4th of July Celebration, Halverson, at the age of 100, will board a helicopter and be flown over the Greater Zion Stadium, where he will drop candy.