September 30th 2019.
The FHP Honor guard travels in convoy to the Orlando International Airport to receive the U.S Honor Flag to honor Trooper Tracy Vickers. A little bit of history about the US Honor Flag, taken direct from U.S Honor Flag's website. "The U.S Honor Flag has traveled over 7 million miles, by ground, air, and even on NASA's last space shuttle mission to Honor America's Heroes. "Never forget" is our commitment to America's Heroes. Custom USHF gloves are worn to handle the U.S. Honor Flag. These are white gloves with USHF embroidered in blue. The U.S. Honor Flag is never handled with bare hands and never handled twice with the same pair of customer USHF gloves. These gloves are gifted to surviving family members of fallen Heroes. A second set of gloves, known as "Hero" gloves are worn by the fallen Hero, upon family approval. These are white gloves with the USHF embroidered in white. These gloves are never used to handle the U.S. Honor Flag. A third set of gloves, known as USHF "Founders" gloves, are gifted to rifle team members who perfect the 3 volley salute when Honoring a fallen Hero. These gloves are black with USHF embroidered and gold. These gloves are never used to handle the U.S. Honor Flag. The U.S. Honor Flag is not a casket flag. During a Heroes service, the U.S Honor Flag traditionally rests at the head of the casket. The U.S. Honor Flag has also been used as the lead for all movements of a Hero once the tragedy has occurred." * For more information on the history of the US Honor Flag, visit the website here.
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It was such a privilege to be able to attend the NAS airshow this year in Jacksonville. What was more of a shock was being able to get up close and personal with not only the Blue Angels, but also a Air force H-47 Chinook! One of the greatest highlights had to be the honor of photographing the Florida Highway Patrol Recruitment team and their fellow coworkers. Imagine a group of very professional looking Troopers and Officers getting yelled at by myself from the top of a 10 ft ladder trying to arrange them all into position. The accent itself makes everyone look sideways. Georgia State Police even hopped in for a few images. Favorite comment from one of them was "She ain't from around heeere". In a thick southern accent. Ahh, I loved working with these guys. Enough of the rambling. Enjoy some sweet pictures from the November 2017 Airshow below. - AmbahNZ |
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