About Us
History
The inaugural Honor Flight Tour took place in May of 2005. Six small planes flew out of Springfield, Ohio taking twelve World War II Veterans on a visit to the memorial in Washington, DC. In August of 2005, an ever-expanding waiting list of Veterans led our transition to commercial airline carriers with the goal of accommodating as many Veterans as possible. Partnering with HonorAir in Hendersonville, North Carolina, the Honor Flight Network was formed. Today, the network is expanding its programs to cities across the nation.
Honor Flight Bay Area was founded in 2014 to serve those in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Since Honor Flight Bay Area was founded, other Honor Flight Hubs have closed leaving our hub to service approximately 40 counties in Northern California (from the Bay Area to the northern California border with Oregon to the Nevada boarder).
Board of Directors
Michael Singleton
President
U.S. Navy, Vietnam Veteran
Carl Stewart
Co-Founder
General Electric Co. (Ret.), Navy Veteran
Randall Ramian
Treasurer, Co-founder
CEO USS HORNET Museum (Ret.)
Navy Veteran
Connie Johnson, RN
Medical Director
Critical Care Nurse
LeAnn Thornton
USO Northern California (SFO)
Family Support Specialist
Carolyn Wong
Database Manager
General Electric Co. (Ret.)
Dao Nguyen
Secretary
Fire Innvestigator
Gary B. Laine, DDS
Avid World War Historian, Prosthodontist (Ret.)
Navy Veteran
Directors Emeritus
John Armenta
Co-Founder
General Electric Co. (Ret)
USN Veteran, MM1(SS)
Attilio Serafini
Co-founder
Honor Flight Treasurer
Captain, SC, USN (Ret)
Nathan Cheung
VP of Premier Lacrosse League
Douglas M. Moore, Jr.
Co-founder
Rear Admiral, SC, USN (Ret)
Retired Superior Court Judge
James Oates
Co-founder
General Electric Co. (Ret.)
Army Veteran
Don Newton
Co-founder
Consultant-Communications
Marine Corps Veteran
Robert Berglund
Co-founder
General Electric Co. (Ret.)
Navy Veteran
Mason Weirshauser
Battalion Chief
Santa Clara City Fire Dept. (Ret.)
Judith Petray
Allstate Managing Attorney
Director Litigation Services (Ret.)
