10-04-2025
Honor Flight 51 to return from Washington, D.C. Thursday night
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Honor Flight 51 is set to return to Kern County from Washington, D.C. on Thursday night.
After landing in Washington, Kern County veterans visited several memorials, including the World War II Memorial, the Korean Memorial, the Vietnam Memorial and the Navy Memorial. They also visited the Arlington National Cemetery.
Kevin Ormonde, a guardian on the trip, said his father was a Korean War veteran who wasn't physically able to join the 51st Honor Flight. Being from a military family, Ormonde said being able to hear the other veterans' stories was the highlight of this trip for him.
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Ormonde said being able to come along as a guardian on Honor Flight 51 meant a lot to him.
'Just to be a part of it and just to be a help in some ways to our veterans to give a little bit back to them for the incredible amount of stuff they did for us,' Ormonde said.
Honor Flight 51 departed from Kern County on Tuesday and will return to Meadows Field Airport on Thursday.
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