2801 N. Jaycee Ln.
Sioux Falls
SD
Fifteenth Midwest Honor Flight “Welcome Home”
Flag Line and Escort
Wednesday, May 31st, 2023
Sioux Falls Regional Airport
The Patriot Guard Riders have been invited to stand flag line for a “Welcome Home” of the “Final Tour with Honor” Veteran’s Flight. This will be the Fifteenth Honor Flight and the second of two flights scheduled for this Spring, 2023. 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 May 31st to the Sioux Falls Regional Airport with a scheduled time for arrival of 8:45 PM.
Looking forward to another great escort with the Veterans on flight number Fifteen. We have been asked to post a corridor of flags, in their honor, in the lobby of the Sioux Falls Regional Airport. There will be some changes in the way the veterans will exit the terminal due to construction in the parking lot. They will exit through the north doors where the busses will be parked. When they have all boarded the buses they will be taken to the Arena where family, friends and all others will be waiting to welcome them back from their journey. The Patriot Guard Riders have also been asked to assist with the escort of the buses from the airport to the Arena and resume our flag line in the Arena as the Veterans exit the buses.
Stage: 8:15 PM on Wednesday, May 31st at the Sioux Falls Regional Airport. If you are planning to participate in the escort, and/or the flag line in the terminal, you will need to stage in the Cell Phone lot with the buses until it is confirmed that the plane has landed. The buses will be parked at the north door by the ticketing area and the bikes will be parked in the lot North of the hotel that’s by the terminal. The SFPD will take the lead from the Cell Phone lot and to the Arena. The north door will be the main entrance and exit for all future Honor Flights until construction is complete.
Flags will be available for the flag line in the airport lobby and again at the Arena when the buses arrive there.
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. The next Honor Flights, Sixteen and Seventeen, will not be until this coming Fall.
Ride Captain: Randy Ward, A.S.C.
605-359-8719
reward1948@yahoo.com