History Flight

This year's ride will take place on Friday, 25 April 2025. In the last three years, several of us from Combat Veteran's Motorcycle Association, Chapter 27-2 (Virginia), have completed Iron Butt challenges and raised ~$23,000 for History Flight. For this, our 4th year, we will have a personal best 9 riders committed to riding over a thousand miles in less than 24 hours to support this outstanding cause. We will be riding from Stafford, VA, out through the mountains of West Virginia, down into Tennessee, and all the way across the state of NC, finishing in Nags Head in the Outer Banks; a total distance of ~1050 miles. We do this ride each year to raise funds and increase awareness for History Flight's mission of research, location, recovery, and repatriation of the remains of over 81,000 American service members still missing in action (MIA) or deemed unrecoverable from past American conflicts. Please note that every penny donated goes directly to History Flight (aside from admin fees charged by the GoFundMe platform), and that we as participants pay our own travel costs out of pocket.

The CVMA mission essentially boils down to Vets Helping Vets, but we also have a responsibility to those POWs, MIAs, and KIAs who never made it home. On April 25th, 2025, we will ride in remembrance of the fallen and complete the ride of more than 1000 miles in 24 hours or less. We hope that this cause moves you as it does us and that you will take the time to share and donate if you are able. Thank you for your support.

The photo is of the 8 riders that completed the nearly 1100-mile ride from Stafford, VA to Key Largo, FL in 2024. It was an epic journey with memories to last a lifetime and raised approximately $10,400 for History Flight.

More information about History Flight: History Flight is a privately operated, 501(c)(3) Nonprofit organization dedicated to researching, recovering and repatriating America's service members back to the United States of America. These individuals have been listed as Missing in Action (MIA) or deemed non-recoverable during the past American conflicts.

This year's ride will take place on Friday, 26 April 2024. In the last two years, several of us from Combat Veteran's Motorcycle Association, Chapter 27-2 (Virginia), have completed Iron Butt challenges and raised ~$13,000 for History Flight. For this, our 3rd year, we will have personal best 8 riders travelling from Stafford, VA to Key Largo, FL- a distance of 1070 miles- in less than 24 hours. We want to raise more funds and increase awareness for History Flight's mission of research, location, excavation, recovery, and repatriation of the remains of over 81,000 American service members still missing in action (MIA) or deemed unrecoverable from past American conflicts. Please note that every penny donated goes directly to History Flight (aside from admin fees charged by the GoFundMe platform), and that we as participants pay our own travel costs out of pocket.

The CVMA mission essentially boils down to Vets Helping Vets, but we also have a responsibility to those POWs, MIAs, and KIAs who never made it home. On April 26th, 2024, we will ride in remembrance of the fallen and complete the ride of more than 1000 miles in 24 hours or less. We hope that this cause moves you as it does us and that you will stake the time to share and donate if you are able. Thank you for your support.

The photo is of the 6 riders that completed the 1500 mile/36 hour challenge in 2023. It was an epic journey with memories to last a lifetime, and raised just under $8K for the cause.

More information about History Flight: History Flight is a privately operated, 501 (c)3 Nonprofit organization dedicated to researching, recovering and repatriating America's service members back to the United States of America. These individuals have been listed as Missing in Action (MIA) or deemed non-recoverable during the past American conflicts.

History Flight is the worlds most successful, private MIA/KIA search and recovery non-profit organization dedicated to researching, recovering, and identifying the remains of missing American service members from past conflicts. They primarily focus on the identification and repatriation of personnel from World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. History Flight conducts archaeological excavations at crash sites, recovery operations, and forensic analysis to locate and identify missing servicemen. Their mission is to bring closure to families by returning the remains of their loved ones and preserving the memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. The organization also works closely with government agencies and military units to ensure the proper handling and identification of recovered remains. 390 recoveries…162 positive identifications that have been returned to their families this far with more processing. Industry leading 93 percent success rate of return on every project undertaken.

Forgotten Sons MC Beaufort and Chappo Chapters have been a leading supportive partner of the search and recovery efforts to locate and return Americas MIAs.

Some of you may remember our 1000 mile Iron Butt challenge last year in support of History Flight. Three of us from Combat Vets Motorcycle Association made the ride in just under 18 hours and raised a total of $5250 to support History Flight's mission of research, location, excavation, recovery, and repatriation of the remains of over 81,000 American service members still missing in action (MIA) from past American conflicts. This year, we plan to step it up a notch and ride 1500 miles in under 36 hours in hopes of raising both funds and awareness for this most worthy cause. This year's goal is to simply beat last year's total.

The CVMA mission essentially boils down to Vets Helping Vets, but we also have a responsibility to those POWs, MIAs, and KIAs who never made it home. On April 29th, 2023, we will ride in remembrance of the fallen and complete the 1500 mile challenge within 36 hours. We hope that this cause moves you as it does us and that you will stake the time to share and donate if you are able. Thank you for your support.

Forgotten Sons MC, Chappo Chapter is holding their annual Live to Ride online donation event benefitting History Flight and their mission of locating, recovering and repatriating U.S. Missing In Action (MIA) service members back to American soil. Forgotten Sons MC is dedicated to raising awareness for Veterans, Veterans’ rights and their causes. History Flight and Forgotten Sons MC, Chappo Chapter have teamed up in order to raise awareness for the ongoing efforts to bring all of our MIA service members’ home. Currently, there are two personnel from the History Flight Staff walking across America on US Highway 20, America’s Longest Road, in support of our Country’s MIA. Read more about their story and Team Long Road below. Forgotten Sons MC, Chappo Members will be linking up with History Flight Staff/Team Long Road in Bend, Oregon the weekend of December 4th to support and make a donation.

History Flight is a privately operated, 501(c)3 Non-Profit organization dedicated to researching, recovering and repatriating America’s service members back to United States of America. These individuals have been listed as Missing in Action (MIA) or deemed non-recoverable during the past American conflicts of WWII, Korean War, Cold War, and Vietnam War. There are currently over 81,900 missing American service members around the world. Recovery operations of this magnitude are only successful through the contributions of dedicated organizations and individuals doing their part to ensure that the heroes of our past conflicts; whom have given the last full measure in order to secure the freedoms and liberties we enjoy today, are not forgotten.

Since 2003, History Flight missions have recovered the remains of over 150 missing service members, in both the European and Pacific theaters of war, and helped return them to their families. Our organization is also responsible for the recovery of an additional 250 sets of remains; turned over to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) that are currently in the process of identification.

The Long Road - On 6 June 2022, Justin “JD” LeHew and Coleman “Rocky” Kinzer, both retired USMC SgtsMaj, set off on a cross country journey across America; from Boston, Massachusetts to Newport, Oregon in support of America’s Missing and Killed In Action from all wars and conflicts, Gold Star families, as well as highlight numerous other great charitable causes in support of helping and continuing to give back to others from all walks and challenges of life. On 18 August 2022, they were joined in Elgin, Illinois by Marine veteran, SSgt Raymond Shinohara, who served with both JD and Rocky during their time in the Marines.

This journey began at the USS Constitution in Boston Harbor on 6 June 2022 and will end in Newport, Oregon. The route selected is the historic US Highway 20, America’s longest road. This specific road was selected to highlight the long journey home that over 81,000 missing US Service members have been trying to make since World War Two. It also represents America’s longest wars OEF/OIF and the men and women who fought there. It has been 20 years since 9/11 happened thrusting America into war; Highway 20 is our tribute to all those who served and sacrificed so much in the service of this nation, both past and present. The USS Constitution was selected as the journey start point to honor our Naval traditions and service to this nation as Marines. The rucksacks we carry represent the heavy burden carried by generations of warriors who have served in our nations ranks since 1775 as well as the weight of a nation that we carry in combat to live up to the promise that we will never surrender and never leave a fallen comrade behind.

Hi. My name is Dan "Dirigo" Wedgewood and I am a proud member of Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association (CVMA) Chapter 27-2, located in Stafford, VA. The CVMA mission essentially boils down to Vets Helping Vets, but we also have a responsibility to those POWs, MIAs, and KIAs who never made it home. In that Spirit, me and a couple of fellow Vets will be doing an Iron Butt Challenge on Saturday April 30th, 2022 in Support of History Flight. History Flight is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to research, location, excavation and recovery of the remains of over 81,000 American service members still missing in action (MIA) from past American conflicts. As the world’s most successful, private MIA search and recovery organization, History Flight has produced a 93 percent success rate on all sites worked in support of the mission, with more than 350 sets of remains turned over to the US Government that have resulted thus far in over 150 positive identifications of missing US personnel.

The Challenge is that we will ride 1000 miles in a single day to raise money for this most worthy and sacred of causes. I respectfully request that you donate any amount of money that you are able and/or share to get the word out on social media. The more it is shared, the more eyeballs see it, the more we can potentially raise. Anything helps! 100% of every dollar raised will go directly to History Flight to continue the good work of honoring the sacrifice of so many brave men and bringing them back home! Please see the links below to learn more about our two organizations, and if you are in the position where you can donate, please do! You have my sincere thanks for your consideration.