OH WOW, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT MY MOTHER.

>> DETERMINATION.

>> HOW MUCH SHE ADORES HER FAMILY.

>> SHE IS THRALS FOR ME.

>> THAT'S MY MOM.

>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO MISSION 20 OF HONOR FLIGHT SYRACUSE.

I'M YOUR HOST TY SIDULE.

A VISITING PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT HAMILTON COLLEGE.

YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE ME FROM BEING A PANELIST ON "THE IVORY TOWER" ON WCNY.

BUT BEFORE THAT, I WAS A 36-YEAR VETERAN OF THE U.S. ARMY.

FIRST, LET ME THANK ANY GOLD STAR FAMILIES HERE WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME.

WE RECOGNIZE YOUR SACRIFICE.

THE MILITARY VETERANS WHO PARTICIPATED ON THIS HONOR FLIGHT WERE FROM ALL BRANCHES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY.

AND SERVED IN CONFLICTS AROUND THE WORLD.

EARLY THIS MORNING, THEY FLEW TO WASHINGTON D.C. AND SPENT THE DAY VISITING MONUMENTS THAT HONORED THEIR SERVICE TO OUR NATION.

WE HAVE ONE WORLD WAR II VETERAN WHO VISITED THE TRY UM FRY UM FANT WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL.

ONE KOREAN WAR VET VISITED THE MEMORIAL WITH THE MESSAGE THAT FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.

MANY VETS VISITED THE VIETNAM VETERANS MONUMENT SEEING THEIR OWN REFLECTION IN THE BLACK GRANITE, LISTING THE NAMES OF 58,329 AMERICANS WHO GAVE THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION AS PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID AS GETTYSBURG.

WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO WELCOME THEM HOME AND WHAT A WELCOME.

THIS IS A SPECIAL FLIGHT, A SPECIAL MISSION, AS ONE OF WCNY'S OWN FAMILY MEMBER WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE TRIP.

AND WE HAD CAMERAS FOLLOWING HIS JOURNEY.

THANKS TO VIDEOGRAPHER ANDY ROBINSON, PLEASE MEET RETIRED NAVAL AVIATOR LIEUTENANT COMMANDER WELL YAM LAVERTY.

THE VETERANS LANDED JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO.

SHORTLY, THEY WILL HEAD DOWN TO WALK IN A PARADE IN THEIR HONOR HERE AT THE AIRPORT.

AS THEIR PLANE LANDS, WE WILL CELEBRATE THEM WITH A UNIQUE WATER CANNON SALUTE ON THE RUNWAY.

WE WANT TO LET THESE VETERANS KNOW HOW MUCH WE CARE.

NO NATION IN THE WORLD APPRECIATES THEIR VETERANS MORE THAN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

[ APPLAUSE ] WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE MEMBERS TO GET OFF THE PLANE, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE NURSING PIONEER AUTHOR AND EDUCATOR SUSAN BASTABLE.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> CAN YOU TELL US HOW YOU GAME INVOLVED IN HONOR FLIGHT.

>> I WAS CHAIR OF THE NURSING PROGRAM AT LeMOYNE COLLEGE, AND ON MY BOARD OF ADVISERS WAS JOHN PADDOCK, REAR ADMIRAL JOHN PADDOCK WHO IS A CO-FOUNDER OF HONOR FLIGHT SYRACUSE.

ONE DAY HE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT THIS NEW IDEA HE HAD CALLED HONOR FLIGHT AND HE WANTED TO ESTABLISH A HUB, AS THEY CALLED IT, HERE IN SYRACUSE.

AND AT THE END OF HIS DISCRIMINATION OF THE HONOR FLIGHT PROGRAM,-- HIS DESCRIPTION OF THE HONOR FLIGHT PROGRAM, I SAID WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU, JOHN.

HE SAID WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE VETERANS.

AT THAT TIME, THEY WERE WELL INTO THEIR LATE 80s, 90s, EVEN OVER 100 BECAUSE THEY WERE WORLD WAR II VETERANS AT THAT TIME.

AND SO I SAID, CONSIDER IT DONE.

WE WILL ESTABLISH HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE VETERANS WHO FLY.

BUT IN ESSENCE, THERE ARE 190 PEOPLE ON THE FLIGHT.

APPROXIMATELY 80 VETERANS, 80 GUARDIANS, AND THEN HONOR FLIGHT STAFF AND SO ON.

AND SO THE NURSES, THERE ARE ABOUT NINE NURSES WHO FLY ON EVERY FLIGHT AND THEY'RE ALL REGISTERED NURSES AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF CLINICAL EXPERIENCE.

AND THEY ARE THERE REALLY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ANYBODY WHO NEEDS THEM DURING THE ENTIRE DAY DOWN IN WASHINGTON.

>> WONDERFUL.

DO YOU REMEMBER A SPECIAL VETERAN?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THE SECOND VETERAN I WAS WAS FROM MISSION 2; WHICH WAS IN OCTOBER OF BETWEEN 13.

AND-- 2013, AND BILL PATTERSON, WE WENT OUT AND HAD DINNERS WITH HIS FAMILY AND HE CAME TO VISIT US AND SO ON.

BILL WAS MAYOR, ACTUALLY KNOWN AS TOWN TOWN SUPERVISOR, OF SKANEATELES.

WONDERFUL GENTLEMAN, WONDERFUL FAMILY.

WE STAYED IN TOUCH.

AND ACTUALLY I SPOKE AT HIS FUNERAL.

SO IT WAS EXTREMELY MOVING FOR ME AND I'LL NEVER FORGET HIM.

HE WAS A TERRIFIC MAN.

>> WONDERFUL.

WHAT DOES A GUARDIAN DO?

>> A GUARDIAN, EVERY SINGLE VETERAN HAS A GUARDIAN.

AND THAT GUARD RIPARIANS TO FOLLOW THAT VETERAN ALL DAY LONG, NEVER LEAVE HIS OR HER SIDE.

IF VETERAN IS AMBULATORY, MEANING THAT THEY CAN WALK ON THEIR OWN, YOU STILL HOLD THEIR ARM OR PUT YOUR ARM THROUGH THERE THEIR ARM SO THEY DON'T TRIP ON THE SIDEWALK OR GET TIRED.

WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAY HYDRATED.

WE HAVE A WINDCHILL FOR EVERY SINGLE VETERAN.

AND THE VETERAN SOMETIMES PUSHES THE WHEELCHAIR BUT WALKSES.

OTHER TIMES THEY NEED TO SIT IN THE WINDCHILL AND THE GUARDIAN WILL PUSH THE WHEELCHAIR FOR THEM BUT THEY'RE THERE TO PROTECT THEM AT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

>> COULD YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE HONORED GUEST PROGRAM?

>> SURE.

I'M THE TEAM LEADER AND HOST OF THE HONORED GUEST PROGRAM AND THAT HONORED GUEST PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED TO THANK THE DONORS THAT WE HAVE TO CULTIVATE PROSPECTIVE SUPPORTERS, TO GO OUT INTO OUR 10 COUNTY REGION AND ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS OUT THERE AND SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT HONOR FLIGHT.

AND ALSO JUST, IN GENERAL, TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE MISSION, THE PURPOSE, THE VALUE OF HONOR FLIGHT.

>> ONE LAST QUESTION FOR YOU, SUSAN.

WHAT HAS THE PROGRAM MEANT TO YOU PERSONALLY?

>> IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE PROBABLY FOUND TO BE THE MOST GRATIFYING VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE WE HAVE EVER DONE.

OUR TWO CHILDREN, OUR DAUGHTER AND OUR SON, WERE NAVY OFFICERS.

OUR SON-IN-LAW WAS ANOTHER NAVY OFFICER, AND OUR TWO PARENTS WERE WORLD WAR II VETERANS, SERVED DURING THE WAR.

AND FOR THOSE REASONS, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SORT OF A MILITARY FAMILY.

AND TO BE ABLE TO NOW TURN AROUND AND GIVE THESE VETERANS MANY OF THEM WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN THANKED BEFORE, A CHANCE TO NOT ONLY SEE THE MEMORIALS, TO INTERACT WITH ALL THE VETERANS ON THE PLAIN WITH THEM.

SO IT'S A NICE CROWD OF PEOPLE.

THEY FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH.

BUT A CHANCE TO SAY THANK YOU WHEN MAYBE THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN THANKED BEFORE.

>> SUSAN BASTABLE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> BEFORE WE GET TO THE PARADE, LET'S BRING IN ANOTHER GUEST.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE RANDY FLATH, CO-FOUNDER OF HONOR FLIGHT.

RANDY, HOW DID THIS START?

HOW DID YOU GET THIS START 234-D SYRACUSE?

>> WELL-- STARTED IN SYRACUSE?

>> I STARTED BACK IN 2009 AS A GUARDIAN THROUGH THE HONOR FLIGHT IN ROCHESTER.

I SAW HOW MUCH IT MEANT TO THE VETERANS AND I SAW HOW MUCH IT MEANT TO THE PEOPLE THERE AND THOUGHT, GEE, WHY COULDN'T WE GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT STARTED IN SYRACUSE?

CENTRALLY LOCATED, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

I TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT, AT THE TIME, OUT THERE, VINCE HOPE WAS HIS NAME AND HE SAID I'LL TELL YOU WHAT GO AND TALK TO THE VFWs, GO TO THE AMERICAN LEGIONS AND THE ROTARY CLUBS AND TELL THEM YOUR STORY.

MARK MY WORDS, IT WILL BE LIKE A SNOWBALL ROLLING DOWNHILL AND HERE WE ARE.

>> WHAT DID YOU SEE-- WHEN YOU TOOK YOUR DAD, WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR BOTH HIM AND FOR YOU?

>> IT WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING.

MY DAD, AT THE TIME, WAS IN HIS 80s, AND SEEING HIM GET TOGETHER WITH THESE OTHER VETERANS, THEY ACTED LIKE TEENAGERS AGAIN.

IT WAS LIKE A FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.

TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT THEY DID, THINGS THAT HAPPENED.

AND A LOT OF IT I NEVER HEARD OF.

HE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT.

SO WHEN HE WAS WITH HIS COLLEAGUES, AND OTHER VETERANS, HE OPENED UP.

AND HE, UNTIL HIS LAST DAY, TALKED ABOUT THE HONOR FLIGHT EVERY DAY YOU KNOW, AND HOW GREAT IT WAS.

SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT HE WAS ABLE TO GO.

SADLY, SOME OF THESE VETERANS PASS BEFORE THEY'RE ABLE TO GO.

WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED FLAGS OF OUR HEROS, WHERE WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE OF THE VETERAN DOWN TO WASHINGTON WITH US.

WE HAVE A CASE WITH A FLAG IN IT.

WE SET IT UP ON A STAND AT THE WAR MEMORIAL WHERE THE VETERANS SERVED, TAKE A PHOTO AND THEN WE HAVE A CEREMONY AFTER WE COME BACK, TO PRESENT THE PHOTO TO THE FAMILY WITH A CERTIFICATE.

AND THAT REALLY MEANS A LOT TO THESE FAMILIES, TOO.

SO IT HAS GROWN SO MUCH IN THE PAST 12 YEARS.

>> LOOK HOW MANY PEOPLE COME.

>> INCREDIBLE.

>> IT REALLY SHOWS WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS LIKE HERE THE GREATER SYRACUSE AREA.

>> DEFINITELY.

VERY VETERAN CONSCIENCE, VERY VETERAN BASES, THE COMPANIES THAT JUMPED ON BOARD, SRC INCORPORATED WAS THE FIRST COMPANY THAT HELPED US OUT.

WE HAD A PLANE DONATED BY AMERICAN EAGLE.

WE HAD 27 VETERANS AT THAT POINT.

SRC PAID FOR THE FUEL.

SO THAT GOT US OFF THE GROUND, LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY.

AND AFTER THAT, OTHER PEOPLE JUMPED ON BOARD, MNT BANK, LeMOYNE COLLEGE, OBVIOUSLY.

EQUITABLE, WHICH WAS AXIA AT THE TIME.

>> THERE IS NO MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

>> NONE AT ALL.

>> JUST TO MAKE EVERYBODY CLEAR, THIS IS ALL PRIVATELY.

>> ALL PRIVATELY RAISED.

WE COULDN'T DO IT.

IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TO DO A TRIP.

WE DO TWO A YEAR, FILL THE PLANES, 82 VETERANS EACH TIME.

AND YOU KNOW, EACH MISSION IS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

WE HAVE CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS HAS ONE OF THEIR CANINES ON OUR FLIGHT FOR THE SECOND TIME, SERVICE DOG, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE VIETNAM VETERANS, SOME OF THEM ARE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE A TOUGH TIME.

BUT MAYBE THIS WILL HELP HEAL SOME WOUNDS.

>> DO YOU SEE THAT?

I.

>> I DO.

>> WITH ANY OF THE VETS BUT PARTICULARLY THE VIETNAM VETS.

>> I HAVE SEEN SOME THAT COULDN'T GET OUT OF THE BUS, COULDN'T GET TO THE WALL, TOO MANY FRIENDS.

OTHERS COME BACK AND SAY THIS IS THE WELCOME HOME THAT I NEVER GOT, AFTER 50 SOME ODD YEARS.

IT'S VERY EMOTIONAL.

I'VE HEARD SO MANY STORIES.

I HEARD A STORY TODAY THAT A VETERAN WHO WENT ON OUR MISSION, I THINK TWO TRIPS AGO, PASSED ARNOLD AND HE ASKED TO BE BURIED WITH HIS T-SHIRT ON.

ISN'T THAT SOMETHING?

>> IT IS.

BECAUSE IT REALLY SHOWS YOU-- I BELIEVE NO COUNTRY RECOGNIZES THEIR VETERANS LIKE THIS COUNTRY DOES.

>> I AGREE 100%.

>> I THINK WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS REALLY SHOWS THAT IN CLEAR RED, WHITE AND BLUE.

>> THANK YOU.

WHAT WE DO.

>> YOU DO.

AND SO WHEN THEY FINISH THIS EXPERIENCE, HAVE THEY-- DO THEY TELL YOU ABOUT IT?

WHAT DO THEY SAY WHEN THEY FINISH THE EXPERIENCE?

>> WE HAVE GOTTEN LETTERS, THANK YOU GUARDS CARDS, SOME OF THEM WANT TO VOLUNTEER AND DO COME OUT AND HELP OUT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A VETERAN HERE THIS MORNING GUIDING PEOPLE WHERE THEY NEEDED TO GO THAT WENT ON ONE OF OUR MISSIONS TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO.

AND HE LOVES IT.

AND IT'S A WAY TO GIVE BACK TO US, WHICH IS GREAT.

AND IT MEANS A LOT.

>> IF SOMEONE WATCHING WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS, AND THEY KNOW A VETERAN OR IF A VETERAN WANTS TO DO IT, HOW DO THEY DO THAT?

>> OUR WEBSITE HONORFLIGHTSYRACUSE.ORG.

THERE IS A LINK ON THERE FOR BOTH VETERANS OR VOLUNTEERS OR TO MAKE A DONATION.

I MEAN OBVIOUSLY IT TAKES A LOT OF MONEY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

AND WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF BACKLOG.

LAST I HEARD, WE HAD OVER 500 VETERANS ON THE WAIT LIST.

WE CAN ONLY TAKE 82 ON A PLANE, SO WE ARE TAKING TWO TRIPS A YEAR AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY MOVING INTO THREE.

SO, YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S A RACE AGAINST TIME.

>> RANDY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> YOU ARE WELCOME.

>> WHAT A GREAT CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STARTING THIS AND CONTINUING TO RUN IT FOR SO LONG.

>> IT'S A PRIVILEGE.

>> YOU CAN SEE THE CROWD LINING UP FOR THE PARADE.

HOUR VETERANS WILL SOON MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN THE PARADE LINE.

WHAT A CELEBRATION.

AND WHEN CELEBRATING, NOTHING BEATS THE BAG PIPES, THE LOUDEST INSTRUMENT ON EARTH.

BAG PIPES HAVE BEEN USED FOR MILITARY CEREMONIES FOR CENTURIES.

SO GLAD THAT THEY'RE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> HONOR FLIGHT MISSION 20, WELCOME HOME!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

MY NAME IS RYAN DEAN, I WORK WITH NEWSCHANNEL 9, MORNING ANCHOR.

DAN CUMMINGS IS USUALLY STANDING HERE TODAY BUT HE IS NOTES ABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING SO HE ASKED ME TO SAY SOME WORDS AND TO DIRECT OUR PROGRAM THIS EVENING.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO ON ONE OF THESE MISSIONS ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND WHAT A POWERFUL EXPERIENCE IT IS.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS TO REPROTECT, TALK THROUGH WITH YOUR FAMILY BECAUSE I KNOW THERE IS A LOT GOING THROUGH YOUR MINDS RIGHT NOW AND A LOT OF EMOTIONS AND BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE FOR SURE, AND I THINK THE MOST HEART FELT THINGS I HEARD FROM THE PEOPLE ON THAT FLIGHT WERE THEY FINALLY FELT LIKE THEY WERE HOME TONIGHT.

AND I WILL SAY THIS: HONOR FLIGHT IS AN AMAZING, AN AMAZING PROGRAM ACROSS THE COUNTRY BUT I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE DIFFERENT HONOR FLIGHTS AND NOBODY HONORS THEIR HEROS LIKE HONOR FLIGHT SYRACUSE.

I MEAN THAT.

[ APPLAUSE ] TONIGHTS, TO SAY A FEW WORDS, WE HAVE A RETIRED CAPTAIN OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

CHRIS FLAHERTY.

CHRIS SERVED ALMOST 28 YEARS ACTIVE DUTY AND THEN CAPTAIN FLAHERTY CAME HOME, BACK HERE TO CENTRAL NEW YORK, AND NOW WORKS WITH CLEAR PATH FOR VETERANS.

SO PLEASE WELCOME CAPTAIN CHRIS FLAHERTY.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> TO MY FRIENDS FROM MISSION 20, 30 MINUTES AGO I WAS WEARING A GREEN SHIRT AND HAD THE HONOR OF MY CAREER TO SPEND THE DAY WITH ALL OF YOU.

AND SO YOU ARE WHY I HAVE COME HOME, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE YOUR MEMORY AND YOUR HONOR AS WE GO FORWARD.

[ APPLAUSE ] SO IN REFLECTING ON TODAY, I ANCHORED ON A WORD THAT RYAN JUST MENTIONED, WHICH HAS SPECIAL MEANING AND SINGULAR PURPOSE.

REGARDLESS IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE CIVILIAN OR MILITARY, VETERAN OR VISITOR, WE ALL HAVE AN IDEAL WE CALL HOME.

I CHOOSE THAT PHRASE INTENTIONALLY BECAUSE FOR MANY, HOME IS NOT A PLACE.

IT IS AN IDEAL.

ONE THAT HEELS US, ONE THAT SUSTAINS US, ONE THAT DEFINES US FOR THOSE OF US WHO WEAR OR HAVE WORN THE UNIFORM, HOME HAS SPECIAL MEANING BECAUSE WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME AWAY FROM IT AND SO MUCH TIME TRYING TO GET BACK TO IT.

THE PATH WE TAKE MAY VARY GREATLY.

FOR SOME, IT MIGHT BE CLEAR, RELATIVELY STRAIGHT AND UNEVENTFUL.

FOR OTHERS, IT TWISTS AND TURNS AND DETOURS OFTEN LEAVING US LOST AND ALONE.

TODAY, WITH ALL OF YOU, I CAME HOME AGAIN AS FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS ON ACTIVE DUTY, I CANNOT ADEQUATELY DEFINE THE DIVINE SENSE OF PEACE I STILL EXPERIENCE EVERY TIME I DRIVE ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF ONEIDA LAKE TO MY HOMETOWN OF CLEVELAND OR WHEN I COME OVER THE CREST OF INTERSTATE 81 AND I SEE THE CITY OF SYRACUSE OPEN BEFORE ME.

QUITE SIMPLY, THERE IS NO PLACE IN THE WORLD LIKE HOME.

WALKING DOWN THE HALL FROM THE GATE A FEW MINUTES AGO, I COULD NOT HELP BUT BE REMINDED OF THIS THOUGHT AND I'LL LEAVE THIS WITH YOU: FOR SO MANY, IF NOT ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY, WHO ARE EITHER ON MISSION 20 OR IN THE AUDIENCE FROM THE VIETNAM ERA, YOU PROBABLY NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD EXPERIENCE THE IDEAL I JUST SHARED.

WALKING DOWN THE HALL FROM THE GATE AFTER A FLIGHT, YOU RETURNED TO A MUCH DIFFERENT RECEPTION, ONE BEST NOT REMEMBERED.

YES, IT HAS TAKEN DECADES TO GET US TO THIS MOMENT.

BUT ON BEHALF OF HONOR FLIGHT SYRACUSE AND ME PERSONALLY, IT IS OUR INTENT FOR THIS SCENE AND THE MEMORIES OF TODAY, TO REPLACE THOSE OF YESTERYEAR.

AND IN SO DOING, LET ME AND EVERYONE HERE SAY TO YOU TWO WORDS YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING A LIFETIME TO HEAR: WELCOME HOME.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> WELL, ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL MISSION HAS COMPLETED.

LET ME SAY IT AGAIN.

NO NATION ON EARTH SUPPORTS AND APPRECIATES VETERANS MORE THAN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

TONIGHT, WE HAVE SEEN THE PRIDE AND PATRIOTISM OF MILITARY VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

I, FOR ONE, WON'T FORGET THIS HONOR FLIGHT MISSION AND WHAT IT MEANS TO OUR VETERANS AND OUR COMMUNITY.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS MISSION THESE MISSIONS PLEASE GO TO HONORFLIGHT SYRACUSE.ORG.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR GUESTS SUSAN BASTABLE AND RANDY FLATH AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

UNTIL NEXT MISSION,I'M BRIGADIER GENERAL TIE TYESIEDULE SAYING GOOD-BYE FROM HANCOCK AIRPORT.