Being a Guardian

Each Honor Flight Veteran is accompanied by a special volunteer called a Guardian. This guardian will accompany and will travel with the Veteran for the entire trip. Honor Flight trips also have healthcare professionals traveling with them at all times.

Guardians must be physically able to take care of all the Veterans needs, including assisting them getting in and out of the buses and pushing the Veterans in a wheelchair for long distances to Memorials.

We encourage adult children and adult grandchildren to apply as guardians, but spouses are not eligible to serve as guardians.  Guardians must apply and must be approved by the First State Honor Flight  Board of Directors and are ideally 18 to 75 years of age and be able to make necessary decisions in case of unexpected emergency situations during trip.