{"id":2485399,"date":"2025-09-11T15:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T19:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-to-fly-with-charlie-kirks-casket-on-air-force-two\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T15:01:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T19:01:33","slug":"vance-to-fly-with-charlie-kirks-casket-on-air-force-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-to-fly-with-charlie-kirks-casket-on-air-force-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance to fly with Charlie Kirk&#8217;s casket on Air Force Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvance-to-fly-with-charlie-kirks-casket-on-air-force-two%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2485399&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that Vice President JD Vance will accompany the casket of Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, on Air Force Two as it is transported from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Phoenix, Arizona. Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, will meet with Kirk&#8217;s family and close friends in Salt Lake City before flying together to Phoenix. Kirk was tragically assassinated during an event at Utah Valley University, leaving behind his wife and two young children. Following Kirk&#8217;s death, Vance paid a heartfelt tribute to his friend on social media and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >canceled planned 9\/11 commemoration events<\/a> to attend to this matter. Additionally, former President Donald Trump announced that Kirk will be posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The FBI continues to search for the unidentified gunman, offering a $100,000 reward for details leading to his capture. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Vance to fly with Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s casket on Air Force Two with his family and friends<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2227229\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JD Vance<\/a> will fly with the casket carrying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/charlie-kirk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlie Kirk<\/a>&lsquo;s body on Air Force Two from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Phoenix, Arizona, later Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Vance and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, will also meet with Kirk&rsquo;s family and close friends in Salt Lake City. They will then travel to Phoenix with the vice president, the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>confirmed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3802739\/trump-honor-charlie-kirk-posthumous-presidential-medal-of-freedom\/\">Trump to honor Charlie Kirk with posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3802654\/vance-remembers-true-friend-charlie-kirk-heartfelt-tribute\/\">Vance pays tribute to &#8216;true friend&#8217; Charlie Kirk and cancels 9\/11 trip to fly to Utah<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3802628\/watch-live-trump-first-lady-commemorate-9-11-pentagon\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump and first lady commemorate 9\/11 at Pentagon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Kirk was assassinated during an event at Utah Valley University. He leaves behind his wife and two young children.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VP<\/a> will fly Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s casket on Air Force 2 from Salt Lake City to Phoenix later today, per a source familiar<\/p>\n<p>VP and SLOTUS will meet with the Kirk family and Charlie&rsquo;s close friends here soon in SLC. Kirk family and friends will also fly with Vance on AF2 to Phoenix<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christian Datoc (@TocRadio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TocRadio\/status\/1966187346573074722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-meets-with-ukrainian-refugees-at-border-amid-harriss-trip-to-poland\/\" title=\"Pence Meets With Ukrainian Refugees At Border Amid Harris\u2019s Trip To Poland\">vice president traveled<\/a> to Salt Lake City on Thursday after canceling his plans to attend a 9\/11 event in New York City.<\/p>\n<p><a data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3802009\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3802009\/charlie-kirk-shot-dead-turning-point-usa-founder-legacy\/\" class=\"mediapress-link\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3802009\/charlie-kirk-shot-dead-turning-point-usa-founder-legacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CHARLIE KIRK SHOT DEAD: TURNING POINT USA FOUNDED FUELED TRUMP&rsquo;S RISE THROUGH &lsquo;COMMON SENSE&rsquo; MESSAGING <\/a><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vance, who was acquainted with Kirk, posted a lengthy tribute to the Turning Point USA co-founder on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glaad-calls-out-ricky-gervais-ignored-homophobic-kimmel-jokes\/\" title=\"Glaad Calls Out Ricky Gervais, Ignored Homophobic Kimmel Jokes\">social media hours<\/a> after his death.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was in a meeting in the West Wing when those group chats started lighting up with people telling Charlie they were praying for him,&rdquo; the vice president <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jdvance\/status\/1965985360606888182?s=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>. &ldquo;And that&rsquo;s how I learned the news that my friend had been shot. I prayed a lot over the next hour, as first good news and then bad trickled in.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;God didn&rsquo;t answer those prayers, and that&rsquo;s OK. He had other plans. And now that Charlie is in heaven, I&rsquo;ll ask him to talk to big man directly on behalf of his family, his friends, and the country he loved so dearly,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;You ran a good race, my friend. We&rsquo;ve got it from here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3802654\/vance-remembers-true-friend-charlie-kirk-heartfelt-tribute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VANCE PAYS TRIBUTE TO &lsquo;TRUE FRIEND&rsquo; CHARLIE KIRK AND CANCELS 9\/11 TRIP TO FLY TO UTAH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> also honored Kirk in numerous messages. On Thursday morning, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3802739\/trump-honor-charlie-kirk-posthumous-presidential-medal-of-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> that Kirk would be awarded a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation&rsquo;s highest civilian honor.<\/p>\n<p>The manhunt remains ongoing for the unidentified gunman responsible for Kirk&rsquo;s death. The FBI asked the public for tips on information regarding his identity and offered a $100,000 cash reward to anyone who could provide information leading to the suspect&rsquo;s arrest.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance to fly with Kirk&#8217;s casket and family on Air Force Two<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4023,"featured_media":2485400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25253684868612.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[63146,10934,44291,4289,15469],"class_list":["post-2485399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-air-force-two","tag-casket","tag-charlie-kirk","tag-flight","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25253684868612.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4023"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2485399"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2485403,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2485399\/revisions\/2485403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2485400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2485399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2485399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2485399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}