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Mark your calendars now for the Welcome Home celebration of Mission 007 – Saturday, April 30, 2016. Our veterans are scheduled to land at 6:15pm at the Syracuse Hancock International Airport. To view the water cannon salute (weather permitting) you should plan on arriving at the Airport by 5:45pm. There is FREE parking available in…

Honor Flight Syracuse is grateful to King + King Architects for being the selected charity partner of their 2015 employee golf tournament. The $20,000 donation will support Honor Flight’s mission of honoring veterans by bringing them to Washington DC to visit the memorials dedicated to their sacrifice and service. The staff of King + King Architects…

Honor Flight Syracuse recently met with local Tops Friendly Markets leaders to receive a generous donation from the Tops tent at this year’s Taste Of Syracuse. Tops has been a longtime friend and supporter of Honor Flight Syracuse, and we thank them for their support! Special thanks to our champion Kathy Allen, Sr Manager Community Relations,…

Dear Volunteers, Supporters, and Friends, On behalf of Dick Blansett, John McMakin and myself who led HFS Hancock hub-end Ground Team events for Mission 6, an immense “Thank You!” to the Honor Flight Syracuse volunteers and organizations who contributed so much to the success of this past Saturday, including: Syracuse Hancock Airport Fire Department, for the Water Cannon Salute;…

This fall, the Onondaga North Rotary Club will present Flags of Honor and Gratitude. You can purchase a flag to be flown in front of the Great Northern Mall to thank or honor a veteran. Honor Flight Syracuse will be the beneficiary of the net proceeds from any flag purchased through our website. Please download…

The Flags Of Our Heroes program is a special way to honor the service of our deceased veterans. We bring a photo of the veteran, a copy of the obituary notice, and a flag of a deceased World War II veteran on a Mission. The flag and photo are placed in front of the World…

Our busy month of June continued with our participation in the J.P. Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge. Chase selected Honor Flight to be the beneficiary of the Challenge and we were thrilled to be chosen! Board member Phil Fazio joined Chase executives on stage to start the race, and veterans Joe Sgambati and Chet Benoit, both…

  Tops Friendly Markets has been a longtime supporter of Honor Flight Syracuse. Kathy Allen, community relations manager for Tops, has championed our mission and even joined us as a Guardian on Mission 004. Tops generously provides all the goodies in the backpacks our Veterans and Guardians receive on mission day, a contribution that makes…

On April 25, Honor Flight Syracuse Mission 005 launched from the Syracuse Airport with 81 veterans from World War II and the Korean War. The average age of our veterans on this trip was 91, and for the first time, we brought TWO married veteran couples with us. In addition to visiting the World War…

What an amazing night! On Tuesday, June 9, Honor Flight Syracuse was one of 278 companies and organizations at the 33rd Annual JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge. As the beneficiary of this event, Chase makes a generous donation to Honor Flight Syracuse to support our upcoming mission on October 3. In addition to the donation, the…

On June 9, thousands of runners will hit the paths of Onondaga Lake Park for the annual JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge. This 5-k race is a summer highlight for runners and companies alike in Central NY. This year, Honor Flight Syracuse has been selected as the charity beneficiary for this amazing event. “Nationally, over…

TOPS Friendly Markets has been a longtime supporter of Honor Flight Syracuse, thanks to their generous contributions of all the items in our veterans’ and guardians’ packs on each of our missions. We’re excited to share that our relationship is expanding. TOPS has selected HFS to be its charitable partner for the AmeriCU Credit Union…

On behalf of Honor Flight Syracuse and the CNY veterans we serve, we would like to thank the Central New York Veteran’s Day Dinner Committee for hosting an amazing First Annual Veteran’s Day Dinner at the Skaneateles Country Club in November 2014. This dinner brought in over $40,000 to support the mission of Honor Flight…

Honor Flight Syracuse offers war veterans more than a free trip to visit monuments in their honor. For many, it provides an opportunity for closure. “It’s a whole package. It’s not just visiting memorials. It’s the genuine ‘welcome home’ you hear from the people you meet. It’s the ‘thank you for your service’. It was magnificent…

Honor Flight Syracuse is entirely volunteer driven, and relies on the generous support of the Central New York community to continue to serve our veterans and launch successful missions. For our upcoming Mission 005 in April, we are grateful to recognize a new corporate sponsor. While AXA has provided strong volunteer support to Honor Flight…

The Carthage community gave support to three North Country veterans who participated in Mission 4 with Honor Flight Syracuse in October 2014. The men, who fought in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam, were among 60 veterans on the flight from Syracuse to Washington, D.C., to visit the national monuments. Carthage sent their…

CORPORATE SPONSOR A TRUE PARTNER FOR HONOR FLIGHT SYRACUSE Since Honor Flight Syracuse (HFS) formed in 2012, we’ve brought more than 300 veterans to Washington, DC to visit their memorials. This massive undertaking would not be possible without dedicated volunteers, amazing Guardians, wonderful medical staff and strong corporate support. Since day one, SRC, Inc. has…

On October 4, 2014, Honor Flight Syracuse completed its fourth mission. Sixty-three veterans from across CNY traveled to Washington, DC with their comrades and guardians. The o’ dark thirty departure was no trouble for our heroes thanks to dozens of cheery volunteers that helped with check-in and security at the airport. After a warm welcome…

Dear Friends, Happy New Year! Welcome, and thank you for reading our new “Flight Briefing – One Lasting Mission” newsletter. This quarterly Honor Flight Syracuse communication will share updates, news, pictures, and, of course, our appreciation for you – our most dedicated HFS supporters, volunteers, mission guardians and veteran alumni. It’s hard to believe how…

December 22, 2014 The First Annual Central New York (CNY) Veterans Day Dinner Committee presented a check for the proceeds from their highly successful 2014 inaugural event. The CMTE has already begun planning for our 2015 event which is planned to be held again, Veterans Day, November 11, 2015 at the Lodge at Welch Allyn…