Mission Details

• DEPARTURE: Saturday, May 16, 2026 — Flight 4028 on Southwest Airlines, departs at 6:05 AM from Rochester International Airport
• WELCOME HOME: Sunday, May 17, 2026
• AIRPORT CELEBRATION: Between 12:15 to 2:30 PM, after the veterans have disembarked from the plane.
• FLIGHT INFO: Arrival, 11:40 AM Sunday, May 17, on Southwest Flight # 1287 at Rochester Airport

Welcome Home Lineup

• EMCEE: Theresa Marsenburg, Evening News Anchor, WROC Channel 8
• KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Major General Stacy Babcock, U.S. Army, Retired
• ANTHEM SINGER: Abigail Riggins
• BAND: Pittsford Fire Department Band
• COLOR GUARD: Civil Air Patrol, Air Force Auxiliary

May 12, 2026                                                         

Media and Public Relations Coordinator     

“We Leave No Veteran Behind”  

Honor Flight Rochester (HFR) is pleased to bring you Mission 95, our first all-female mission scheduled for this weekend, May 16^th-17^th.  This weekend, we once again thank all of our veterans for their service and sacrifice.  This weekend we specifically honor our female veterans and honor them as they reflect upon and remember their service to our country.  One veteran on this mission said, “it’s an honor” to have served and added she is “so excited” about this opportunity. 

Mission 95 includes 59 veterans including 14 Air Force veterans, 24 Army veterans, 4 Marines and 17 Navy veterans.  There are 2 Cold War veterans, 1 Cold War/Vietnam veteran, 21 Vietnam veterans, and 35 post 1975 veterans.

Since 2008, Honor Flight has flown, including Mission 95, 4,883 Veterans, funded entirely through the generosity of our community, including individuals, organizations, corporations, and hundreds of volunteers and testamentary bequests.