APPLICATION LINKS CAN BE FOUND BELOW.
PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION BEFORE APPLYING
What Veterans Are Eligible To Apply?
Any honorably discharged Veteran is encouraged to apply to take an Honor Flight. You may only go on one (1) Honor Flight. Your trip is fully paid for by donations from the community. We are accepting applications for all Veterans however, only Veterans who were enlisted prior to 5/7/1975 may travel at this time unless you have a terminal illness or other qualifying medical situation. We may require a letter from your physician. If you enlisted AFTER this date – your application will remain in our system until the National Honor Flight Network expands the approved service dates.
DATES OF SERVICE:
World War II (12/7/1941 – 12/31/1946)
Post World War II (1/1/1947 – 6/26/1950)
The Korean War (6/27/1950 – 1/31/1955)
Cold War (1/31/1955 – 2/27/1961)
Vietnam/Vietnam Era (2/28/1961 – 5/7/1975)
Those serving AFTER 5/7/1975 with an Honorable Discharge are eligible to sign up will placed on our waiting list, as a reminder, Veterans are placed on the waiting list based on when they served and then when we receive their app. Those times include any and all service times after 5/7/1975 through:
Lebanon/Grenada (8/24/1982 – 7/31/1984)
Any service time between 8/1/84 – 12/19/89
Panama (12/20/1989 – 1/31/1990)
Desert Shield/Desert Storm
Iraqi Freedom
Afghanistan
Inherent Resolve
Please Note: All persons traveling on an Honor Flight will be subject to a background check AND require REAL ID. Honor Flight reserves the right to deny your travel based on the results of a background check. If you have questions regarding this procedure, feel free to reach out by using our contact page on our website or call us.
How Does The Process Work?
Veteran applications are taken in the order they are submitted, the order of war/conflict they served and medical situations such as being terminal. Example: A Vietnam Veteran or later could submit an application and they would be entered into our database, however as Korean, Cold War or World War II applications continue to come in, they will be placed ahead based on their war/conflict time frame.
Eastern North Carolina Honor Flight is currently working to fund their 1st flight. So all applications are being placed on a wait list.
Your application is entered into our database based primarily on the date you served and then by the date your application was received.
If you (the Veteran) have a health condition that deteriorates and would require a doctors determination of terminal or similar status, please contact our offices immediately so our medical team can provide an updated medical evaluation.
When submitting your application online (once available), you will receive a notice at the time you submit it that it has been received by our electronic system. This is the only notification you’ll receive until the time we call. You may contact us at anytime to know what position you currently are in our system.
Application Links
We currently have our paper application that you can download, fill out, sign and scan/email back or U.S. Mail back to us. We are working to get our new database system online and will provide online application links at that time.
Guardian Eligibility
There are specific requirements for guardians in order to apply. To learn more about these requirements, including a required financial donation, please visit our Guardian page.
Please note – spouses or significant others cannot apply as guardians. Guardians should be someone a generation younger. For full details – click our guardian eligibility page link.
