Mission 62 Flight Information
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Arrive at ROC airport Saturday Sept 29 at 4am.
Depart to Baltimore Flight 6177 6:25 AM
Arrive BWI 7:30 AM
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Return to Rochester Sunday Sept 30 Flight 6933 11:20 AM
Arrive ROC 12:30 PM
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HFR WELCOMES HOME FIRST MISSION OF THE FALL
Mission 61 Return Sunday at the Rochester International Airport
ROCHESTER, NY – Honor Flight Rochester (HFR) welcomes home Mission 61, the first mission of the fall-flying schedule, this Sunday, Sept. 9. The mission has 46 veterans who served in various branches of the U.S. armed services in World War II (4), the Korean War (21), Vietnam War (4), and in the era known as the Cold War (17).
HFR Mission 61 returns to the Greater Rochester International Airport on at 12:30 p.m. The public welcome home and celebration begins between 1 and 1:30 p.m.
This is the fourth of six missions for 2018. Not including Mission 61, HFR has escorted 2,892 men and women veterans on 60 Missions. HFR’s longevity is due to the generosity of donations from individual donors and corporate sponsors and hundreds of volunteers. People interested in volunteering or donating to HFR can find information on www.HonorFlightRochester.org.
HFR is celebrating its 10th year of flying veterans from the Greater Rochester area on a free Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. to visit the memorials built in their honor. HFR was formed in July 2008 by Vince Hope, Col. Edwin Mench; Maj. Peter Glennon; Kim and Jeff Gould; and Patrick and Kathleen Wall.
Veterans and guardians can apply to fly online at http://www.HonorFlightRochester.org. HFR is affiliated with the national Honor Flight Network.
Please note: The airport is under construction. Please be careful when driving and parking. Room inside the airport is limited.
DATE: Sunday, September 9, 2018.
PUBLIC WELCOME CELEBRATION: Between 1 – 1:30 p.m., after the veterans have disembarked the plane.
FLIGHT: Southwest Airlines Flight #6933
SCHEDULE FLIGHT ARRIVAL TIME: Scheduled to arrive 12:30 p.m.
WHERE: Greater Rochester International Airport
EMCEE: WROC-TV Anchor Maureen McGuire
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Captain Norberto “Norb” M. Nobrega, U.S.N.
COLOR GUARD: Lady Liberties
MUSIC: Prime Time Brass
HONOR GUARD: Patriot Guard Riders (pgrny.org)
Captain Norberto “Norb” M. Nobrega, U.S. Navy
Captain Nobrega assumed duties as the commanding officer and professor of naval science of Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Unit Rochester in May 2014. He is a 1989 graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy and a native of Rochester, New York. Following commissioning, he was trained as a nuclear surface warfare officer. At sea, he served as strike missile officer aboard the U.S.S. Lake Champlain (CG 57); reactor controls division officer and shift watch officer aboard U.S.S. Enterprise (CVN 65); operations officer aboard (DD 987); reactor training assistant aboard Enterprise; executive officer aboard U.S.S. John Young (DD-973) and U.S.S. Jarrett (FFG-33); and, materiel officer in Carrier Strike Group 11 embarked in U.S.S. Nimitz (CVN-68). He had deployed six times to the Western Pacific, Arabian Gulf, the Mediterranean, and South America. Norb earned a master’s of business administration degree from the Simon School of Business. He also earned a master’s of science in national security strategy from the National War College.
Ashore, he served as an assistant professor of naval science at NROTC Unit Rochester; executive officer and commanding officer of Navy Recruiting District Miami; chief of the non-governmental organizations relations branch in the J9 Partnering Directorate at U. S. Southern Command; and, as chief of staff and executive assistant for Navy Recruiting Command.
Honor Flight Rochester (www.honorflightrochester.org) is one of many hubs within the national Honor Flight Network. It is a not-for-profit, fully-volunteer organization. Its goal is to take veterans from the Greater Rochester area, who served honorably in the U.S. Armed Forces since World War II, on an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. to visit the memorials built in their honor. The two-day trip is free for veterans. Guardians who accompany the veterans are asked to contribute towards their expenses. Veterans fly in order of the time when they served (oldest first; medical priorities are the exception). Our flying season is in the spring and the fall. To date, 2,892 men and women veterans have now flown on 60 missions from the Greater Rochester area since the local organization began full scale flights in early 2009.
View our Mission Photos at: www.honorflightrochester.shutterfly.com
Click on the link below to open the August 2018 HFR Newsletter
Click on the link below to open the June 2018 HFR Newsletter
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HFR Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board Peter J. Glennon Selected to NYS Senate Veteran Hall of Fame Class of 2018
ROCHESTER, NY – Peter J. Glennon, co-founder and chairman of the board of directors for Honor Flight Rochester, Inc. (HFR), is among this year’s honorees selected to the New York State Senate’s Veterans Hall of Fame. Glennon is the principal of The Glennon Law Firm, P.C. He retired from the U.S. Air Force/New York Air National Guard with the rank of major after more than 24 years of service.
Click on the link below for the full story!
Honor Flight Rochester_Glennon Final
Visit Honor Flight Rochester at the Lilac Festival! Come see our booth and talk with our staff.
Begins at 11:30am at the Highland and South entrance
Join us as we kick off the Festival honoring all veterans, active military and service men and women. Attendees are encouraged to purchase a small American flag which they will plant in large six foot letters spelling out USA. The letters will remain on display throughout the festival as Honor Flight of Rochester continues their fundraising efforts.
Joe Brucato, local singer/songwriter will be playing his patriotic originals with Mike Gladstone.
https://www.rochesterevents.com/lilac-festival
Peter Glennon will speak at 11:30, Rich Stewart at 7:30 am. See you there!
Click on the link below to see the list of business supporting Victor Honor Flight Week Friday May 4 to Friday May 11
Click on the link below to open the April 2018 HFR Newsletter
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MOE’S Southwest Grill FUNDRAISER Friday May 11 only – Tell the cashier you are eating at Moe’s on that Friday so a donation will be made to Honor Flight Rochester. You will help send more veterans to DC. Invite your friends to join you. THANK YOU MOE’S!
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