Our gratitude for the managers and employees of The Cooley Group, Inc. for greeting our veterans as they prepared to board the aircraft for Mission 23.
Gratitude from a Mission 23 veteran
Words of gratitude from Vietnam Veteran Lee DeCarr.
Flags of our Heroes honors deceased veterans
Sadly, many Veterans have passed before they could fly on their Honor Flight to Washington – many thousands were lost before Honor Flights even existed.
Kathy Allen is TOPS, and so is TOPS Friendly Markets
For Kathy Allen, it started as a guardian on Honor Flight Syracuse Mission 4 in 2014. What followed was an immediate and long-lasting partnership between TOPS Friendly Markets and HFS.
Start saving your bottles and cans and circle April 25 and 26 on your calendar
Our annual bottle and can drive needs your support!
”Honor Everywhere” visits Elderwood in Liverpool
An untold number of our veterans now make their home in local long-term care facilities. Because they may be unable to join an Honor Flight Mission to Washington, we make every effort to bring the mission to them.
A huge thank you to the Lombardi family
He served on the Syracuse Common Council for six years, followed by nearly 3 decades as a leading State Senator and community leader in Central NY.
Three brothers take the Honor Flight together
I was on the Mission 23 trip with my wife, Lee, as my Guardian. It was a day I shall never forget. I served with the 1st Logistical Command in Vietnam from October 1966 to February 1968 so I can appreciate the magnitude of detail required to achieve a successful mission. The day was truly …
Two HFS World War II veterans honored by American Legion
The article that follows is reprinted with permission of the American Legion. A four-hour marathon session kicked off the 107th Annual Convention of the NYS American Legion on Thursday, July 17 at the Marriott Syracuse Downtown, formerly the Hotel Syracuse. Highlighting the initial moments was a standing ovation for two centenarians from the Greatest Generation …
Korean War veteran recalls how the guns of war fell silent the day the truce was signed
Matt Rizzo of North Syracuse was one of the “messenger boys” that day in 1953. Click the arrow below to hear him tell the story during his visit to Washington on Mission 23.