Veterans from Meadowlark Estates Gracious Retirement Living and through the VFW Foundation were invited to fly in a Boeing Stearman biplane on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. Fred Aumick served in the U.S.

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Korean War Army veteran Andy McDermott gave two thumbs up as he got ready for his ride on a fully restored World War II-era Stearman biplane. It's the same aircraft used to ...

For most people, a 15–minute plane ride may not seem like much. But for these Colorado veterans — most in their 90s, including two who served in World War II — it's the flight of a lifetime. On ...