Veterans Airlift Command flying wounded Major to her niece's wedding

Nonprofit group flies hurt maj. to wedding

The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Aug 17, 2010 7:55:41 EDT

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A nonprofit group of volunteer pilots will fly a wounded North Carolina-based major to her niece's wedding in Oklahoma.

Maj. Yvonne Heib will leave Fayetteville's Regional Airport on Tuesday and fly to Enid, Okla. The Army said in a news release that it will be the first time Heib has seen her family since she was wounded in Afghanistan in January. Heib is a nurse who was wounded in a mortar attack two days before her yearlong deployment was to end.

Veterans Airlift Command flies wounded service members, Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their families to and from hospitals and events. Pilot Andre Bohy, who also is president of New York-based Omni Financial, will fly Heib to the wedding.
Nonprofit group flies hurt major to wedding