Land of Lincoln Honor Flight canceled for remainder of year
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SPRINGFIELD Land of Lincoln Honor Flight is disappointed to announce that all remaining 2021 flights from Springfield, have been cancelled.
This difficult decision was made after careful analysis of the extensive protocols issued by the National Honor Flight organization for resuming 2021 flights as well as the public access/gathering and COVID-19 restrictions currently in place at many of the Washington DC venues and the airports as well as on the aircraft and buses.
Areas of concern include COVID pre-screening of all passengers and volunteers, face covering requirements which would result in veterans and guardians being masked for multiple hours continuously during the day, COVID testing of non- or partially-vaccinated passengers and quarantine requirements for that group upon return.
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Jul 14, 2021 | 3:15 PM
(The Center Square) – The Honor Flight Network is set to resume flights beginning next month, but in accordance with CDC guidelines and other COVID protocols. Not all hubs are ready to fly their aging veterans to the nation’s capital.
Honor Flights are privately funded chartered flights for veterans of foreign wars of advanced age to visit war memorials in Washington D.C.
The national Honor Flight Network put out guidelines for flights to continue starting next month after canceling all flights amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Honor Flight is pleased to announce that operations will resume on August 16, 2021,” the group said on its website. “Additionally, in accordance with current CDC guidelines, all participants will be required to either be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or provide negative results of a PCR COVID-19 test within 72 hours prior to departure.”
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Honor Flights for veterans canceled for the year
Flights to take veterans of foreign wars of advanced age to Washington D.C. to visit memorials in their honor have been canceled for this year.
The Land of Lincoln Honor Flight organization hoped to continue flights in October, but travel restrictions in the air and on the ground by bus will make it more difficult for the aging population.
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