Denny Hansen of Solon holds an American flag at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. Hansen is a member of the Solon American Legion and served in the US Army from 1970-72. Community members gathered to welcome home Honor Flight participants and their escorts. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Community members welcome participants in Eastern Iowa Honor Flight number 44 at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. Community members gathered to welcome home Honor Flight participants and their escorts. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Briggs Ackerman, age 7, sits on his father Corey Ackerman’s shoulders as community members welcome participants in Eastern Iowa Honor Flight number 44 at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. The Ackermans, of Williamsburg, were at the airport top welcome home Briggs’s grandfather Fred Axmear. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Community members hold American flags at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. Community members gathered to welcome home Honor Flight participants and their escorts. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Patriot Guard and American Legion members hold flags at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. Community members gathered to welcome home Honor Flight participants and their escorts. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

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