Missions
Recent Missions
July 26, 2026—MGW-LOM (Morgantown, WV to Philadelphia, PA)—This mission took us to Morgantown to pickup Jonathan and his Mom who were flown in from Cincinnati by JJ Suraez (pictured). He was there getting a check up on his throat surgery. Compassion Airlift pilots Dan Radtke and Gene Cross flew him to his home near Philadelphia. So happy to help this energetic boy.
May 16, 2026—ROC-BWI (Rochester, NY to Baltimore, MD)—This was a flight of a 59-year-old woman and her boyfriend traveling home after the woman had received treatment for Metastatic Breast Cancer. She is in a 16-week course of chemotherapy, followed by three weeks of radiation, and her insurance and physician are in Rochester New York. “Because I don’t have any family to care for me, I am staying with my boyfriend in Maryland. Copays for out of network care would be exorbitant.” The treatment effects prevent her from working.
May 04, 2026—HEF-MQI (Manassas, VA to Dare County Regional, NC)—This was a flight for a 15-year-old boy suffering from long COVID and his mother returning home to NC after receiving treatment at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. His mother is a single income mom without aid from any state or national agency.
Imagine that your child has a relatively rare disease with diverse symptoms. You live in a beautiful area of the country with no convenient access to air travel. This is the situation a recent Compassion Airlift trip.
Mom and son faced a multiple hour drive to the nearest commercial airport. Early arrival and resulting exposure to various infections from the traveling public during the wait and on the enclosed environment of a commercial aircraft. When your child is already vulnerable, this is not a tenable alternative. The two had already experienced frequent long drives for potential treatment at distant clinics that had not resolved the issues.
Through Angel Flight they were able to obtain a connection that would avoid the long drive and risk of exposure. Compassion Airlift was blessed with the opportunity to provide transportation that eliminated much of the risk and reduce travel time. A convenient general aviation airport, a 1:45 hour flight to Manassas, with an appointment at Children’s National Hospital and convenient to NIH with the hope of exceptional treatment and recovery.
April 8, 2026—Pilots Rick Moss and Dan Radtke transported a passenger traveling from her home in Virginia Beach to Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL. She was to receive treatment there for stage 4 rare incurable cancer, Sezary Syndrome (CTCL). Expertise in treatment of this cancer is very difficult to find, and Moffitt is one of the top 3 clinics for this cancer in the country. She had been diagnosed and treated there previously, so she was already an established patient. She was extremely grateful and appreciative of the ride she got from us, and we look forward to future opportunities to serve her. Transportation was arranged through Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic.
February 11, 2026—Pilots Dan Radtke and Sebastian Yanguas transported Olivia home from her cancer evaluation appointment at UVA in Charlottesville to her home in Bluefield, WV. She is in remission at this time, but they are watching for additional recurrence. She was greeted by her Mother and daughter at the airport.
January 20, 2026—N14-LYH (Lumberton, NJ to Lynchburg, VA)—This was the first of two legs of flight for a woman returning home to Knoxville, TN after having received treatment at a cancer center in NJ. She is suffering from her third case of cancer after having twice beaten it, this time it is in her Sacrum, where it is inoperable and incurable. Treatments are intended to stabilize and arrest further progress, and tests during this trip indicate no further progression since last visit.