27th Midwest Honor Flight “Welcome Home” @ Sioux Falls Regional Airport Terminal

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When:
September 23, 2025 @ 8:00 pm
2025-09-23T20:00:00-05:00
2025-09-23T20:15:00-05:00
Where:
Sioux Falls Regional Airport Terminal/Cell Phone Lot
2801 N. Jaycee Ln.
Sioux Falls
SD
Contact:
Randy Ward, A.S.C.
605-359-8719
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27th Midwest Honor Flight “Welcome Home”
Tuesday, Sept. 23rd, 2025
Sioux Falls Regional Airport

   The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to stand flag line for the “Gary & Connie Grittner Foundation” Midwest Honor Flight, Mission 27.  This will be the first of two flights scheduled for this Fall of 2025.  The Veterans being honored on this flight will tour areas of the Nations Capitol and many of the Veterans’ Memorials in Washington D.C. and then will be returning the evening of Tuesday, September 23rd to the Sioux Falls Regional Airport, with a scheduled time for arrival of 9:00 PM.

As some have heard, there will be a change in what will be the procedures for this and the following Honor Flights.  There will no longer be an escort of any kind in the future as use of the Arena will no longer provide a destination.  The ticketing area and Lobby will now be the Welcome Home Area for the Honor Flight Veterans.  We have been asked to stand, with U.S. Flags, in flag lines that will be in designated areas on both the upper level and on the lobby floor by the stairs and the elevator.  We will continue to gather at the Cell Phone Lot as we have been doing and the parking for us will still be in the parking lot by the hotel.  So no changes to the first part of what we have been doing.

I know this will leave you all with questions concerning the changes and I plan to be at the Cell Phone Lot by 8:00 PM to try to answer some of those questions.  I am thinking, at this point, that we will have fewer people showing up since there is NO escort and that will mean that there may be fewer people to hold flags.  Anyone still wanting to ride to the welcome home certainly may.  So, your bike or your four wheels will be your choice.  We’ll just be happy to see you, however you come.

   We have had many “Thank You’s” and positive comments for what we do.  I hope that we can carry on this wonderful support and honor that we do for our Veterans.  I know that what we have done over the years has been one of the memorable parts of each our Heroes’ journey, thanks to all of you.  Your attendance for the flag line is always one of the highlights of the Honor Flight for the veterans.  Please come if you can.

Ride Captain: Randy Ward, A.S.C.
605-359-8719
reward1948@yahoo.com