Central Missouri Honor Flight set to depart final flight Monday

Central Missouri Honor Flight set to depart final flight Monday

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Central Missouri Honor Flight (CMHF) is preparing for its final flight Monday, marking the end of a 16-year tradition of taking Mid-Missouri veterans to Washington, D.C. The organization was founded by Mary Paulsell, her brother Steve and his wife Sharon, along with Sarah Hill, Barbara Brueggeman, and Scott Schaefer. "Central Missouri honor flight, founded with a bunch of people getting together who had a heart for veterans,…

Final Central Missouri honor flight (CMHF) is Monday

74 Vietnam-era veterans and one Korean War veteran are at Lambert Airport on this Monday morning, getting ready to depart on what will be the final Central Missouri Honor Flight (CMHF). A mid-Missourian stands at the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia (undated photo courtesy of Central Missouri Honor Flight’s Mary Paulsell) Today marks the end of a 16-year era. The CMHF has flown about 5,500 veterans to Washington since 2009 t…