Utah Honor Flight Board of Directors considered many factors when deciding whether to maintain our no-spouse policy for our Veterans, given that the age of the spouse in many cases is no longer the biggest factor. Ultimately, our board decided to keep the policy due to several important reasons.

Primarily, our guardians are essential in assisting with carrying luggage, loading and unloading wheelchairs, and performing various duties on the flight. We believe our Veterans deserve to sit back and be honored without having to worry about these tasks, which they may not want their spouses to handle.

Additionally, we feel that Veterans may not interact as much with other Veterans if their spouses are present. We believe that the greatest healing and camaraderie come from these interactions among fellow Veterans on the flights.

We unanimously agree that this policy is vital to our program’s success. While we deeply respect the role spouses play during deployment and war, our program is specifically designed to honor the Veterans.

Guardians need to be over 18, in good physical condition, and able to meet the Veterans needs.  We can assign a volunteer guardian if needed.

Thank you for understanding our policy and supporting our mission to honor our Veterans.

No, UHF well see to it that wheel chairs will be available to our veterans for the entire trip.

• WWII: December 7, 1941- December 31, 1946
• Cold War: Dec 1946 – Dec 26, 1991
• Korean War: June 25, 1950 – January 31, 1955
• Vietnam War: February 28, 1961 – May 7, 1975
• Lebanon/Grenada: August 24, 1982 – July 31, 1984
• Panama: December 20, 1989 – January 31, 1990
• Gulf War/War on Terrorism: August 2, 1990 – Present