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November 4, 2016

Veterans Day events at MOF

Ted Huetter/The Museum of Flight
World War II fighter pilot Al Jones and his grandson check out a plane that Jones loved to fly: the F-86.

SEATTLE — On Veteran's Day, Nov. 11, the Museum of Flight will honor U.S. military personnel with special events and free admission for all veterans and current service members.

A Boeing CH-47D Chinook helicopter will fly in Friday at 11 a.m., and there will be a ceremony with Washington Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Bruce C. Linton at noon. Afternoon events include a program about the Grumman A-6 Intruder aircraft during Vietnam and Desert Storm, with an A-6 aircrew joined by Stephen Coonts, author of “Flight of the Intruder.”

The CH-47D Chinook is nicknamed “My Old Lady” and the museum said is the oldest flyable Chinook in the Army's inventory. It was built in 1962 and is based at JBLM in Tacoma. The helicopter was used in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan as well as domestic emergencies such as the 2015 Okanogan Complex wildfire.

A living history performer will show women's military uniforms from World War I to Vietnam, and talk about the history of the women who wore them.



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