MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (KFOR) — Veterans Day events are being held across Oklahoma. Tuesday morning, Oklahomans gathered in Midwest City to honor those who served.
While there was candy and smiles along the parade route, the parade also holds history and pride.
“This is about AWACS. AWACS is big for Tinker. My first job as a Colonel was to bed down 18 AWACS’s FOR NATO, and the guy that is the grand marshal for the parade, Maury Hardy, is a Lieutenant Colonel, retired, and he was the first pilot for AWACS. So he’s riding with the Clydesdales somewhere up there,” said Bruce Ewing, who served 26 1/2 years in the Air Force…