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99-year old veteran checks last thing off bucket list

Posted at 6:18 PM, Jun 24, 2017
and last updated 2017-06-26 11:23:15-04

A 99-year old Army veteran checked one last item off of his bucket list. 

Saturday, he flew in a B-25 Bomber from the Yankee Air Museum.

Former Staff Sergeant George Lusko served during WWII.

He was an anti-aircraft gunner. His job was to take down enemy planes.

He eventually got his pilots license, but had a bigger dream in mind.

Erin Griffiths, with Story Pointe Saline Assisted Living, says they took Lusko to the Museum and he loved the plane.

If I get up in that I could die happy," Lusko told them. 

The staff was able to raise the money for the flight.

Only two dozen B-25 Bomber aircrafts are still flying in the United States.