News Release

FORT WAYNE — Honor Flight Northeast Indiana recently announced the date for a special Purple Heart Flight slated for 2023.

The Flight will take place Aug. 7, which is National Purple Heart Day. This previously announced flight will be the fifth flight for the HFNEI 2023 flying season and marks the largest Honor Flight nationwide flight dedicated to Purple Heart recipients.

Northeast Indiana Honor Flight staff will take approximately 85 veterans who have been awarded a Purple Heart in service to this country to see the memorials built in their honor in Washington, D.C.

Honor Flight Northeast Indiana was the recipient of the annual 2022 Penny Pitch Fundraiser by Fort Wayne radio station WOWO. Each year, a charitable organization is chosen to receive the funds raised by the WOWO staff with the support of area residents and volunteers from the organization. Honor Flight Northeast Indiana determined that all funds accumulated from the Penny Pitch efforts would go toward paying for this special flight to honor those wounded in military service.

Planning for the special Purple Heart Flight is ongoing and will require many hours of preparation to accommodate the extra activities that will take place to give special honor to those who have sacrificed so much. Veterans who have not yet been on an Honor Flight and who have been awarded a Purple Heart are invited to apply through the website for Honor Flight Northeast Indiana at www.hfnei.org.