WIVK and WVLT host Radiothon to support HonorAir Knoxville

[August 17, 2011] WIVK (107.7) and WVLT Channel 8 are joining forces with HonorAir Knoxville to help

raise money for the upcoming HonorAir flight on Oct 5, 2011. On Friday  August 20, 2011 both stations will begin broadcasting a radio/telethon in attempts to raise $60,000 from their listeners. The 4 hour broadcast begins a 6am.

Veteran considered for honor after lifetime of service - Knox News

[July 17th, 2009]—After being captured by the Germans during World War II, he was held for months in a prisoner of war camp. He then made a daring escape using only a makeshift knife he had fashioned with a No. 2 tin can and a small rock. He spent two more months trekking the German countryside with open wounds, stealing food and sleeping in graveyards until he finally was rescued after a chance encounter with an American general.

ETMG physician serves on HonorAir flight - Blount Today

[July 2nd, 2009]—East Tennessee Medical Group physician Dr. W. David Vines, a family practice doctor, recently served as the volunteer physician for an HonorAir Knoxville flight to Washington, D.C. The program transports World War II veterans to several of the war memorials in the Washington, D.C. area. The one-day trips include a volunteer physician to provide medical assistance as needed to the sponsored veterans. The HonorAir Knoxville program is sponsored by Prestige Cleaners in partnership with the Rotary Foundation of Knoxville.

Veteran gives thanks for Washington trip - Knox News

[June 23rd, 2009]—As a proud World War II veteran of the mighty Eighth Air Force, it is with heartfelt gratitude that I would like to thank HonorAir and associates for the wonderful veterans trip to Washington, D.C., on April 8. I would like to give thanks to U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam and Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale, the Knox honor guards, McGhee Tyson Airport personnel, fire department personnel and local citizens for sending us off on a trip to remember the rest of our lives.

HonorAir Takes Flight Honoring WWII Vets - City of Knoxville

[April 8th, 2009]—Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam and U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., met with World War II veterans at McGhee Tyson Airport Wednesday morning. The veterans were scheduled to take part in HonorAir Knoxville which flies as many East Tennessee World War II veterans as possible to Washington D.C. to see the World War II Memorial built in their honor.

Public invited to welcome WWII vets home from D.C. trip - Knox News

[April 8th, 2009]—t’s the fifth trip by Honor Air Knoxville, which has taken 427 area veterans to the nation’s capital. They’ll tour the Vietnam, Korean, Marine and Air Force memorials. The one-day, all-expense-paid trip on a USAirways chartered flight also will include seeing the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery and a drive past the Navy Memorial.

Veteran couple makes 'historic' flight - The Oak Ridger

[October 28th, 2008]—Mavis Kohler has determined that her husband, Pete, won't sit in First Class on today's HonorAir flight to Washington, D.C. -- at least not without her. "Dad will be in a wheelchair and has to be in First Class," daughter Laurie Kohler explained to The Oak Ridger on Monday. "Mom said he wasn't going to be in First Class without her."