Alaska veterans come home to a welcome from Honor Flight
Bagpipes and a crowd met Last Frontier Honor Flight veterans in Anchorage after a free trip to war memorials in Washington, D.C.
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Veterans returning to Anchorage got a public welcome many of them had not had before. Alaska's News Source reported on October 11, 2026, that Last Frontier Honor Flight brought them home from a free trip to memorials in Washington, D.C. Bagpipes played, and a crowd met them.
The group included a Navy veteran who is a double amputee and who, on this trip, found a friend's name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It also included a couple who met as Army nurses in Vietnam. The flight does not give back the years those veterans waited to be recognized. It is a donated trip so they can see the memorials built for their service.
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