
Lynn Balmer, 108, center, the oldest living female military veteran, is escorted across the tarmac by Lyn Dorenzo, left, and Merilyn Chaffee, right, after viewing a World War II-era biplane at the Chico Air Museum, Monday, April 18, 2016, in Chico, Calif. Balmer was scheduled to take a flight aboard the aircraft, but decided against it in the morning, said Darryl Fisher, president of the Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation, a group that gets aging veterans into the sky. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)