Please click here to view the latest issue of our newsletter.  It contains lots of photos from recent missions along with a tribute to the late Al “Bob” Persichitti.

You can always view all photos from our missions and events at our photo site at https://sites.google.com/view/hfrochestergallery/home

Honor Flight Rochester (HFR) is very pleased to announce that Mission 87 will fly sixty-one veterans to D.C. on the weekend of October 26-27.

Below are some of the details for their return on Sunday, October 27th.

AIRPORT CELEBRATION: Between 12:30 to 1:45 PM
FLIGHT INFO: Arrival 11:55 AM Southwest Flight #100
EMCEE: Stacey Pensgen – Meteorologist, News 10NBC WHEC-TV
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Colonel Robert Nye, President, FLCC

Please click here for complete details and the M87 Press Release.

Honor Flight Rochester (HFR) will fly sixty-two (62) veterans to Washington, D.C. on Saturday, October 5th.  Mission 86 is our second mission of the Fall flying season.

The veterans are expected to return to the ROC airport around noon on Sunday, October 6th via Southwest Airlines Flight #4012.

Please click here to view the press release which contains the details for the Welcome Home Celebration.  See below for selected details.

WELCOME HOME DATE: Sunday, October 6th, 2024
AIRPORT CELEBRATION: Between 12:30 – 1:45 PM
FLIGHT ARRIVAL TIME: Arrival 12:10 PM Sunday on Southwest Airlines #4012
WHERE: Greater Rochester International Airport
EMCEE: Adam Chodak – Anchor/Managing Editor News 8 WROC-TV
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Todd Baxter – Monroe County Sheriff
ANTHEM SINGER: Abby Riggins – Soloist LeMoyne College
BAND: Gates Keystone Club Police Pipes & Drums
COLOR GUARD: Chili Lady Liberties
DEPARTURE: Saturday, October 5th; departs at 6:15 AM

Honor Flight Rochester (HFR) will fly sixty (60) veterans to Washington, D.C. on Saturday, September 14th.

The veterans are expected to return to the ROC airport around 1 pm on Sunday, September 15th via Southwest Airlines Flight #614.

Please click here to view the press release which contains the details for the Welcome Home Celebration.

Mission 85 is our first mission of the Fall flying season.

WELCOME HOME DATE: Sunday, September 15th, 2024
AIRPORT CELEBRATION: Between 12:30 – 1:45 PM
FLIGHT ARRIVAL TIME: Arrival 12:20 PM Sunday on Southwest Airlines #614
WHERE: Greater Rochester International Airport
EMCEE: Maureen McGuire – Award Winning Journalist
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Adam Karaoguz – Lt. Commander Navy Seal (ret.)
ANTHEM SINGER: Sally Curran – Soloist Trained at Eastman
BAND: Towpath Volunteers Fife & Drum Corps
COLOR GUARD: Rochester Naval Sea Cadets
DEPARTURE: Saturday, September 14th; departs at 6:05 AM

Honor Flight Rochester (HFR) will fly fifty-eight (58) veterans to Washington, D.C. on June 15-16.

The veterans are expected to return to the ROC airport around 1 pm on Sunday via Southwest Airlines Flight WN1488.

Please click here to view the press release which contains the details for the Welcome Home Celebration.

Mission 84 is our last mission of the Spring flying season.  Missions will resume in September after our summer hiatus.

Our second mission of the 2024 flying season takes place Memorial Day Weekend (May 25-26), with sixty-one veterans returning to the airport in the early afternoon on Sunday.

Please note that the Shuttle Overflow Lot on the north side of Brooks Avenue off Buell Road is the designated parking area for visitors and ground crew volunteers.

Please click here to see the complete M83 press release.

Honor Flight Rochester’s Mission 82 will fly fifty-two veterans to D.C. on April 20, returning to the Rochester Airport on April 21st.

Their approximate arrival time on Sunday is 12:10 PM (Southwest Airlines Flight #WN4044).

Please click here to read the complete news release.

Please click here to see the Winter 2024 issue of the HFR newsletter!  It is 18 pages long and full of great information and photos from all of our 2023 missions.

Honor Flight Rochester is very pleased to announce that Mission 81 will fly to Washington, D.C. this weekend (October 21-22). 

Sixty-two veterans will fly on Mission 81 including 1 World War II veteran, 6 Korean War veterans, 3 Cold War veterans, 8 Cold War/Vietnam War veterans and 44 Vietnam War veterans.

Please click here to view the M81 press release and to find the details for the Welcome Home celebration.